Ironton Mines

Past Producer in Lehigh county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Manganese
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.56352, 40.67111 (WGS84)
Elevation 143

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lehigh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.56352, 40.67111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eastern Penn

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ironton Railroad Co
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS SURVEY- COBALT, BUMINES AND USGS, FEB. 1952

  • Deposit

    LEHIGH DISTRICT IRON ORES, BUMINES WAR MINERAL REPORT FILE 9

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL STUDY, NICKEL AND COBALT SECTION, BU

  • Deposit

    MARCH 20, 1967

  • Deposit

    GORDON, SAMUEL G, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA, SPECIAL PU

  • Deposit

    CATION NO 1, ACAD OF NAT SCI OF PHILADELPHIA, 1922

  • Deposit

    ROSE, ARTHUR W, ATLAS OF PA MINERAL RESOURCES, PART 3, PA GE

  • Deposit

    BULL M-50, 4TH SERIES, 1970

General comments

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)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.