Pottstown Shale Pit

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Clay
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250636
MRDS ID W022163
MAS/MILS ID 0420910009
Record type Site
Current site name Pottstown Shale Pit
Alternate or previous names Robinson-Streat Div of Clow Corp
Related records 10075553

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.66213, 40.25421 (WGS84)
Elevation 55

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boyertown(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 Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Brunswick Formation

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pomona Pipe Producers
    ID 3600679
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE: PA DEPT NAT RES 1976

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/12/1981
MSHA mine ID3600679
Mine name (MSHA)Pottstown Shale Pit
Current operatorPomona Pipe Products Company
Current controller (parent)Pomona Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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