| Deposit ID | 10201385 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420110044 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Phoenix Upper Shaft |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.63932, 40.33311 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 113 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Berks(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Boyertown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Schuylkill(hydrologic unit)
Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Berks |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | Hardyston Formation |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Boyertown |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Municipality |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420110044 |
USGS. BULLETIN 359, 1908, PP.43 TO 61.
USGS. BULLETIN 995-D ,1953, PP. 135 TO 148.
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 1.
PA. SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ATLAS TO D3, 1883, SHEET X.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE BODY (MAGNETIC) AVERAGED 12 TO 15 FT. IN THICKNESS. THE SLOPE IS 353 FT. DEEP. THE BOTTOM DRIFTS EXTENDED 150 FT WAY NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. 43 FT. FROM THE BOTTOM, DRIFTS DRIVEN 160 FT. TO THE N-E, AND 300 FT. S-W TO THE PHOENIX MI SHAFT. THE UPPER DRIFT WAS 267 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE, AND WA DRIVEN N-E AND S-W ABOUT 300 FT, JOINING THE PHOENIX MIDDLE TO THE S-W. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-83 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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