Mercer Underclay

Occurrence in Clearfield county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226703
MAS/MILS ID 0420330001
Record type Site
Current site name Mercer Underclay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.30941, 41.13751 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Clearfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diaspore Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.30941, 41.13751

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12M
    Length 110M
    Width 10M
    Area 77700HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 77700
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 55.6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 15
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 11950
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 705
    Unit Production Cost .69
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF U.S.B.M. I.C. 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ A.A. SOCOLOW/ DIRECTOR PA. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ WM. E. EDMUNDS CHIEF COAL GEOL. PA. GEOL. SUR.

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ DAVIS LAPHAM CHIEF MINERALOGIST PA. GEOL. SUR.

  • Deposit

    MAPS/ PA. GEOL. SURV. 1964 MAP MERCER CLAY & ADJACENT UNITS

  • Deposit

    ELD CENTER CLINTON COS. PA./PA. GEOL. SUR. MAP 12.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Georgia Tech. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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