Herr's Mine

Past Producer in Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202378
MAS/MILS ID 0420710055
Record type Site
Current site name Herr's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.35245, 40.07922 (WGS84)
Elevation 104

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster

Comments on the location information

  • DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, LOCATION: LATITUDE-LONGITUDE WAS MEASURED FROM LOC GIVEN IN REF. 700 AND RESULTING COORDINATES WERE TRANSFERRED MINUTE QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS TO GET ELEVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.35245, 40.07922

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, A.W., (1970), "METAL MINES AND OCCURENCES IN PENNSYLVA

  • Deposit

    A. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULL. M-50, PART 3, -- INCLUDED

  • Deposit

    K UP FILES.

  • Deposit

    EYERMAN, J. (1889A), "MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PART I," E

  • Deposit

    PA. 48 PP.

  • Deposit

    FREEDMAN, J. (1968), PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, AND "CONTROLS O

  • Deposit

    M, AG ORE SOLUTIONS, PIEDMONT, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA", (

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SOC. OF AMER., PROGRAM FOR 1968 ANNUAL MEETING, P.103

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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