| Deposit ID | 10275250 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420010015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peter Comfort Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cashtown |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.32548, 39.88562 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 219 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Adams(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Arendtsville(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Adams |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -77.32548, 39.88562 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | South Mountain District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420010015 |
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN C1 1932 PP. 139-145
PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 1.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINE WAS OPENED BY SEVERAL INCLINES, THE LONGEST OF WHIC REACHED A DEPTH OF 125 FT. THE ORE BED WAS ABOUT 2 FT. THICK BELIEVED THAT ROUGHLY 2500 TONS OF MAGNETITE WERE MINED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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