Orbisonia Area Openings Iron Mine

Orbisonia, Pennsylvania

40.2352°N 77.8824°W

Mine Overview

The Orbisonia Area Openings Iron Mine is near Orbisonia, Pennsylvania. Historically the site has been part of the Jacks Mountain Area. The Orbisonia Area Openings Iron Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be small. The ore mined is composed of hematite. The Middle Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

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Iron Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Mine Development Status^?
Small Production Size^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?
Small Mine Size^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Orbisonia Area Openings Current

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Iron Metallic Primary

Location Info

Huntingdon , Pennsylvania County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Pennsylvania Huntingdon

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Jacks Mountain Area

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

Role^? Material^?
Ore Hematite

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Appalachian Highlands Valley And Ridge Province Middle Section

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Orbisonia (0.76 miles away)
Rockhill (1.01 miles away)
Shade Gap (3.85 miles away)
Shirleysburg (4.34 miles away)
Three Springs (5.99 miles away)
Saltillo (6.76 miles away)
Dry Run (8.24 miles away)
Cassville (8.60 miles away)
Allenport (9.58 miles away)
Concord (9.67 miles away)
Kistler (10.03 miles away)
Mount Union (10.31 miles away)
Newton Hamilton (11.07 miles away)
Mapleton (11.37 miles away)
Fannettsburg (12.08 miles away)
Broad Top City (13.82 miles away)
Mill Creek (14.07 miles away)
Roxbury (14.49 miles away)
Atkinson Mills (15.57 miles away)
Dudley (15.90 miles away)
Coalmont (16.83 miles away)
East Rutherford (17.35 miles away)
McConnellstown (18.31 miles away)
Marklesburg (18.40 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Jacks Mountain Area (0 miles away)

Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

¹ World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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