Fritz Island Mine

Past Producer in Berks county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250374
MAS/MILS ID 0420110037
Record type Site
Current site name Fritz Island Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -75.92353, 40.30611 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reading(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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 Berks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -75.92353, 40.30611

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO 1883, 250,000 TONS OF ORE WERE TAKEN FROM THIS MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 1

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 359, 1908, PP 38,40

  • Deposit

    PA. SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ATLAS TO D3, 1883, SHEET XVI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.