Middle Smithfield Twp. Prospect

Occurrence in Monroe county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275004
MAS/MILS ID 0420890015
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Smithfield Twp. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.79139, 40.91251 (WGS84)
Elevation 293

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Centre(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellefonte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

State College(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bald Eagle(hydrologic unit)

West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.79139, 40.91251

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, A.W., (1970), "METAL MINES AND OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLV

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, BULL. M-50, PART 3. -- INCLUDE

  • Deposit

    CKUP FILES.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, B.L. (1924), "LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF PENNSYLVANIA", 4

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. M5, 91 PP. -- INCLUDED IN BACKUP FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030, LOCATION: LATITUDE-LONGITUDE WAS MEASURED FROM LOC GIVEN IN REF. 700 AND RESULTING COORDINATES WERE TRANSFERRED MINUTE QUADRANGLE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS TO GET ELEVATION. REC. 010, TYPE MINING ASSUMED TO BE UNDERGROUND. DUE TO SCAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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