Franklin Smelting & Refining

Producer in Philadelphia county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250129
MAS/MILS ID 0421019021
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Smelting & Refining
Alternate or previous names Franklin Smelt. & Refining-Phil, Pa, Franklin Smelting & Refining Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -75.16351, 39.95281 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philadelphia(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philadelphia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Schuylkill(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -75.16351, 39.95281

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    75 PA IND DIR ADDRESS CASTOR AVE & RICHMOND ST PHILADELPHIA

  • Deposit

    152

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 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.