Pequea Mine

Past Producer in Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Lead, Silica, Silver, 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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226429
MAS/MILS ID 0420710056
Record type Site
Current site name Pequea Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.31135, 39.94312 (WGS84)
Elevation 99

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conestoga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

York(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.31135, 39.94312

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 OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLV

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULL. M-50, PART 3, -- INCLUDE

  • Deposit

    CKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    FOOSE, R.M. (1947), "GEOLOGIC NOTES ON THE PEQUEA SILVER-MIN

  • Deposit

    ASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA", PROC. PENNA. ACAD. SCI., V.21,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    N, AG ORE SOLUTIONS, PIEDMONT, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA" (A

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MILLER, B.L. (1924), "LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF PENNSYLVANIA", 4

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. M5 91 PP. -- INCLUDED IN BACKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, J.W. (1947), "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PEQUEA SILVER M

  • Deposit

    CASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA", PROC. PENNA. ACAD. SCI., V.21,

  • Deposit

    57.

  • Deposit

    WISE, D.U. (1960), "THE PEQUEA "SILVER" MINE, 25TH ANNUAL FI

  • Deposit

    F. OF PENNA. GEOL., GUIDEBOOK, P. 53-59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 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. QUARTZ IS A NON-RECOVERABLE GANGUE MINERAL.

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.