Benjamin Franklin Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Chester county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Graphite
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 10250328
MAS/MILS ID 0420290052
Record type Site
Current site name Benjamin Franklin Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.63351, 42.07779 (WGS84)
Elevation 113

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broome(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windsor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Binghamton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Binghamton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.63351, 42.07779

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:SANFORD,R S,AND LAMB,F D,BUMINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER,1949

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY OWNED BY THE U S GOVERNMENT AS OF 1949

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.