| Deposit ID | 10274695 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420770014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ironton Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Kennel Mine No 181, H. Mickley Mine No 180, Ironton Co Mine No 182, Balliet Brothers Mine No 183, Balliet Heirs Mine No 184 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.56352, 40.67111 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 143 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lehigh(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cementon(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 |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -75.56352, 40.67111 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Eastern Penn |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ironton Railroad Co |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420770014 |
MATERIALS SURVEY- COBALT, BUMINES AND USGS, FEB. 1952
LEHIGH DISTRICT IRON ORES, BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT FILE 9
UNPUBLISHED
NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL STUDY, NICKEL AND COBALT SECTION, BU
MARCH 20, 1967
GORDON, SAMUEL G, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA, SPECIAL PU
CATION NO 1, ACAD OF NAT SCI OF PHILADELPHIA, 1922
ROSE, ARTHUR W, ATLAS OF PA MINERAL RESOURCES, PART 3, PA GE
BULL M-50, 4TH SERIES, 1970
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 800-809 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 030 LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE CENTER OF MINES (ESTIMATED F REFERENCE TO BALLIETSVILLE ROAD, 701 PG 14) REC 040 COL 16 .3 KM TO IRONTON REC 040 COL 65 EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN REC 060-061 LITTLE GEOLOGIC INFO AVAILABLE (SEE 701 AND 705) REC 070-071 FROM 701 AND 705, COBALT PROBABLY IN PSILOMELANE .39 TO 1.68% (703 PG 5), REPORTED ALSO AT .31% (700 VI-54). COPPER IS IN ALTERED UTICA SHALE, TRACE (701 PG 14), MANGANE HIGH AS 52.6% (701 PG 14) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Schmidt | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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