Bahl Mine

Past Producer in Northampton 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 10226193
MAS/MILS ID 0420950028
Record type Site
Current site name Bahl Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -75.36821, 40.56001 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
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

Hellertown(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
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -75.36821, 40.56001

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 Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethlehem Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Coleraine Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 500000 TONS OF 42 % IRON ORE WERE MINED IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN C48, 1939, PP 337,338.

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.