Babcox & Wilcox Leechburg Plant

Past Producer in Armstrong county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Thorium
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 10275115
MAS/MILS ID 0420059015
Record type Site
Current site name Babcox & Wilcox Leechburg Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.60305, 40.62502 (WGS84)
Elevation 293

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westmoreland(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leechburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indiana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kiskiminetas(hydrologic unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic accounting unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Armstrong

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.60305, 40.62502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Babcock And Wilcox Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1977; THORIUM, PAGE 2

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.