| Deposit ID | 10250211 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420770028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wickert Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bader |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.48522, 40.51311 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 184 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lehigh(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Allentown East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lehigh(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Lehigh |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -75.48522, 40.51311 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | James Hosking (Formerly) |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420770028 |
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 2.
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULLETIN C39, 1941, P 322
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE ARE 4 SHAFTS, 2 OF WHICH ARE ABOUT 100 FT. DEEP. THERE ALSO DRIFTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG. THE VEIN IS THE SECOND BACK VEIN, WHICH IS 5 TO 14 FT. WIDE, AND DIPS ABOUT 55 DEGR SOUTH. THE MAGNETITE ORE AVERAGES 45 % IRON IN THE UPPER LEV AND 50 TO 55 % IRON IN THE DEEPER LEVELS. THIS MINE WAS WORK DRIFTING ALONG THE VEIN AND THEN STOPING. PRODUCTION WAS ABO 60000 TO 65000 TONS OF ORE. SEE ALSO JOBST, WIEAND, MOYER, AND EMAUS IRON ORE CO.S MINES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-83 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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