Bair Farm Dolomite Pit

Past Producer in Adams county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Dolomite
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 10274848
MAS/MILS ID 0420010054
Record type Site
Current site name Bair Farm Dolomite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -77.06357, 39.75282 (WGS84)
Elevation 192
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McSherrystown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monocacy(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Adams

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY USEFUL AS AGR.DOLOMITE,CONCRETE,AGGREGATE,ROAD METAL,MAGNESIUM LIME,R.R.BALLAST

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -77.06357, 39.75282

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bair Farm, A. J.
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PGS,MINERAL RESOURCE REPORT,M50,PART ONE,LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITES OF PA.,1964,PG.10,MAP8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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.