| Deposit ID | 10226703 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420330001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mercer Underclay |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.30941, 41.13751 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 457 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clearfield(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
The Knobs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clearfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Warren(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)
West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)
Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Clearfield |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Titanium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Diaspore | Unknown |
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -78.30941, 41.13751 |
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| Thickness | 12M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 110M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 77700HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420330001 |
STAFF U.S.B.M. I.C. 8335 1967
PERSONS/ A.A. SOCOLOW/ DIRECTOR PA. GEOL. SURV.
PERSONS/ WM. E. EDMUNDS CHIEF COAL GEOL. PA. GEOL. SUR.
PERSONS/ DAVIS LAPHAM CHIEF MINERALOGIST PA. GEOL. SUR.
MAPS/ PA. GEOL. SURV. 1964 MAP MERCER CLAY & ADJACENT UNITS
ELD CENTER CLINTON COS. PA./PA. GEOL. SUR. MAP 12.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MATRIX 1/GRADE AND TONS ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE RECORD 010 COMMODITY 1 IS FIRECLAY NOT PRESENTLY BEING MINED RECORD 030/ DEPOSIT ALSO OCCURS IN FOLLOWING COUNTIES/CENTRE N AND JEFFERSON. RECORD 040/ DEPOSIT ALSO OCCURS IN DRAINAGE BASINS 0410 AND RECORD 040 COL. 71-80 THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE FOLLOWING 7. E QUADRANGLES-HAMMERSLEY FORK-TAMARACK-YOUNG WOMANS CREEK-SL -SINNEMAHONING-KEATING-RENOVO WEST-RENOVO EAST-GLEN UNION-JE LLS-JERSEY SHORE-LOCK HAVEN-FARRANDSVILLE-HOWARD NW-SNOW SHO OW SHOE NE-SNOW SHOE-SNOW SHOE SE-HOWARD-BEACH CREEK-MILL HA ERSDALE-DEVILS ELBOW-THE KNOBS-HUNTLEY-PENFIELD-SABULA-LUTHE ELLIOT PARK-CLEARFIELD-LECONTES MILLS-FRENCHVILLE-KARTHAUS-B SHANNON-PHILIPSBURG-WALLACETON-GLEN RICHEY-CURWENSVILLE-MAHA RNSIDE-WESTOVER-IRVONA-RAMEY-HOUTZDALE-SANDY RIDGE-BARNESBOR NGS-COALPORT-BLANDBURG-TIPTON-SIGEL-MUNDERF-CARMAN-BRANDY CA S CREEK-HAZEN-BROOKVILLE-COOLSPRING-REYNOLDSVILLE-DU BOIS-MC ILLS-PUNXSUTAWNEY-VALIER-DAYTON-TIONESTA-TYLERSBURG-MARIENVI T-COOKSBURG-LUCINDA-FRYBURG-KOSSUTH-CRANBERRY-EMLETON-KNOX-S VILLE-CORSICA-SUMMERVILLE-NEW BETHLEHAM-SLIGO-RIMERSBURG-PAR T BRADY-TEMPLETON-DISTANT RECORD 060/SUBSEQUENT DEFORMATION OCCURED IN THE MESOZOIC ER RECORD 050 COL 34-7 AND 42-5/EXPLORATION HAS BEEN DONE INTER Y SINCE 1895 RECORD 151 LIME-SINTER DOUBLE LEACH PROCESS SEE R.I. 7299 D LIME ARE GROUND MIXED AND SINTERED. THE SINTER IS LEACHED DIUM CARBONATE IN TWO STAGES. THE SOLIDS ARE REMOVED FROM TH STAGE SOLUTION AND ARE SENT TO THE SECOND STAGE LEACHING. S S REMOVED FROM SOULUTION BY DESILICATION THEN CARBONATION PR TES ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE. THE FINE CRYSTALS ARE SEPARATED FRO OARSE AND USED AS SEED. THE COARSE CRYSTALS ARE RECOVERED AN NED IN ROTARY KILNS PRODUCING ALPHA-ALUMINA RECORD 160/ALUMINA IS SHIPPED BY RAIL FROM THE SHIPPING POIN AILROAD STATION AT CURWENSVILLE PA. TO THE STANDARD POINT- LROAD STATION AT FREDERICK MARYLAND. DISTANCE DETERMINED FRO MCNALLY HANDY RAILROAD ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES 1971 RECORD 130/ CLAY COSTED AS THE SOLE PRODUCT; HOWEVER, IN ACT MINING, PART OF THE MINING COST MAY BE OFFSET IF COAL IS MIN A COPRODUCT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Georgia Tech. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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