Dillsburg Mines

Past Producer in York county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299174
MAS/MILS ID 0421330019
Record type Site
Current site name Dillsburg Mines
Alternate or previous names Underwood, Mccormick, Longnecker,, Smyser, Altland, Jauss, King, Bel, L, Price, Cox, Logan, and Grove

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.01137, 40.10782 (WGS84)
Elevation 193

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

York(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlisle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania York

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.01137, 40.10782

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1855

Mining district

District name Dillsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 359, 1908, PP 74-92

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN M50, 1964, PART 3, SHEET 2.

  • Deposit

    US BUR. OF MINES, R.I. 4145, 1947, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 969-A, 1950, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    PA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (2ND), REPORT CC, 1877, PP 1501-1513.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 020- MCCORMICK AND CO. WAS THE FORMER OPERATOR OF SOME O MINES. NOTE- REC 030- LOCATION IS FOR THE BELL MINE, WHICH IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DILLSBURG MINES. LOCATIONS OF THE THE MINES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (UTM) MINE NAME NORTHING EASTING MCCORMICK 4442070 328200 UNDERWOOD 4441870 328180 LONGNECKERS 4441930 328310 SMYSER 4441640 328260 ALTLAND 4441610 328430 JAUSS 4441800 328960 KING 4441770 329070 PRICE 4440870 329100 COX 4440880 329220 LOGAN 4440880 329420 GROVE 4440680 328620 THE TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR ALL OF THE DILLSBURG MINES IS ABOUT 1,500,000 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.