Soister Limonite Mine

Past Producer in Blair county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201740
MAS/MILS ID 0420130037
Record type Site
Current site name Soister Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.37801, 40.28692 (WGS84)
Elevation 445
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blair(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roaring Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raystown(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Blair

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.37801, 40.28692

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH II,R.C.,1977,PA.G.S. M-72, P.120-124.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.