| Deposit ID | 10201466 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420290038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steels Pits |
| Alternate or previous names | Steels Iron Ore Pits |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.78213, 40.17281 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 213 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chester(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Elverson(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 | Chester |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420290038 |
USGS BULLETIN 891, 1938, P. 121.
WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.883, 1944, P. 9.
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 2.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NOTHING IS KNOWN OF THIS MINES HISTORY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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