Moyer Mine

Past Producer in Lehigh county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153512
MAS/MILS ID 0420770022
Record type Site
Current site name Moyer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -75.49272, 40.51691 (WGS84)
Elevation 258
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lehigh(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allentown East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lehigh(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lehigh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -75.49272, 40.51691

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Hosking (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 2.

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULLETIN C39, 1941, P 321

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE IS ON THE THIRD VEIN. THE SHAFT IS 60 FT. DEEP, WI FT. DRIFTS RUNNING EAST AND WEST.THE MAGNETITE ORE AVERAGED 45 % IRON. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS 10000 TONS. SEE ALSO EMAUS IRON ORE CO., WIEAND, WICKERT, AND JOBST MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.