Schweyer Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Northampton county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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 10208380
MAS/MILS ID 0420950098
Record type Site
Current site name Schweyer Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -75.22041, 40.7 (WGS84)
Elevation 84
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northampton(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(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 Northampton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY IS MOTTLED MIXTURE OF SERPENTINE AND DOLOMITE FOR DECORATIVE USE

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -75.22041, 40.7

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY,W.S. PRE-CAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELAWARE WATER GAP AND EASTON QUADRANGLES,N.J. AND PA. U.S.G.S. BULL. NO.920 1941 PG.92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.