East Petersburg Mine

Past Producer in Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Dolomite, 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 10299698
MAS/MILS ID 0420710054
Record type Site
Current site name East Petersburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Railroad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.35795, 40.11112 (WGS84)
Elevation 116

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.35795, 40.11112

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
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, INCLUDED I

  • Deposit

    P FILES

  • Deposit

    FRAZER, P. (1880), "THE GEOLOGY OF LANCASTER COUNTY," PA. GE

  • Deposit

    VEY (2ND), REPT. CCC.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EOL. 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. DOLOMITE IS A NON-RECOVERABLE GANGUE MINERAL.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/03/2022
MSHA mine ID3600023
Mine name (MSHA)East Petersburg Quarry
Current operatorPennsy Supply Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (164 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references