Hublersburg Valley Group

Past Producer in Centre 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226133
MAS/MILS ID 0420270017
Record type Site
Current site name Hublersburg Valley Group
Alternate or previous names Field Bank, McKinney Bank, Quinn, K, Voneda Bank, Schwartz Bank,, H.Beck Pits, Huston Bank No.1, Sn, Avely Bank, Barlow and Days Mine,, Huston Bank No.2., Bank, Red Bank, Hecla, Howard Ban

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.60328, 40.97171 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Centre(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Madisonburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

State College(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bald Eagle(hydrologic unit)

West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Centre

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.60328, 40.97171

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mc Coy And Linn (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Milesburg Iron Works (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Howard Furnace Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Curtin Brothers (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Henderson And Co.
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Judge Divens
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PA., REPORT T4, 1884, PP 171-185

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOCATION ON RECORD 030 IS FOR THE SCHWARTZ BANK,WHICH IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE HUBLERSBURG GROUP. THE OTHER MI TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST, FOR ABOUT 4 MILES IN EACH DI BARLOW & DAYS MINE AND HUSTON BANK NO.2 ARE ON THE BEECH CRE MAP, WHILE FIELD, MCKINNEY, QUINN, RED BANK, HECLA, AND HOWA ON THE MINGOVILLE 7.5 QUAD. THESE MINES WERE ACTIVE PRIMARIL THE MID TO LATE 1800S, WITH SOME BEING ACTIVE EARLIER THAN T THE ORES ARE MOSTLY PIPE ORES, WITH SOME HEMATITE IN THE WES BANKS. DINVILLIERS,IN 1884, JUDGED THAT 40000 TONS OF ORE WE REMOVED FROM MCKINNEY BANK, AND ABOUT 2000 TONS FROM HUSTON NO.2. BARLOW & DAYS MINE PRODUCED 8000 TO 10000 TONS OF ORE. OTHER PRODUCTION DATA IS AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.