H. Kemry and Carbon Iron Co.

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202597
MAS/MILS ID 0420770020
Record type Site
Current site name H. Kemry and Carbon Iron Co.
Alternate or previous names No. 140.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -75.52072, 40.55031 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lehigh(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allentown West(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

Comments on the location information

  • THIS MINE IS 1 OF MANY NORTH OF THE LITTLE LEHIGH CREEK. SEE JACOB STEINERS AND SOLOMON KEHMS MINE. THE LIMONITE ORE OCCURS AS SEAMS IN CLAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -75.52072, 40.55031

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kemry
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carbon Iron Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    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 299

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.