Boiling Springs Deposit

Past Producer in Cumberland county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226653
MAS/MILS ID 0420410001
Record type Site
Current site name Boiling Springs Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.11827, 40.13252 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mechanicsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlisle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Antietam Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1873

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Penn Products Corp.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Philadelphia And Reading Coal And Iron Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1873 TO 1945, THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING COAL AND IRO SHIPPED APPROX. 700,000 TONS OF IRON ORE FROM THIS DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES RI 4436

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. OF PA., BULLETIN M-26

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.