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The Witt Claims Prospect (Occurrence)Enterprise Lime and Ballast Co. Qy (Past Producer)Cumberland Coal & Iron Workings/J. Wolford (Past Producer)Hardman (Past Producer)Unnamed--Bedford-Wolfsburg Area (Past Producer)Hughes & Henderson Mine (Past Producer)Unnamed--Bedford Area (Past Producer)Oppenheimer Mine (Past Producer)Weaverling Tunnel Fossil Ore and Kemble Co. (Past Producer)Steel and Koontz Dolomite Quarry (Past Producer)Elwood Smith Farm Prospect (Prospect)Stuckey's Ore Bank & 3 Additional + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Ripley's Ore Bank (Past Producer)Koon Dolomite Quarry (Past Producer)Bakersville Ore Bank (Past Producer)Ray Barley Zn-Pb Occurrence + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Snyder Property + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Barley Ore Bank (Past Producer)Dunkle Dolomite Quarry (Past Producer)Lowry, Eichelbarger Co. Mines (Past Producer)Baech Orchard Barrens + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Cambria Mine (Past Producer)Tatesville Fossil Ore Mines (Past Producer)Piper's Dolomite Quarry (Past Producer)C.I. Ore Bank + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Core Station (Past Producer)Simon & Coles (Past Producer)Simon and Coles Manganese Deposit (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
28 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 10Limonite 6

Commodities

Iron 19Dolomite 6Zinc 4Lead 2Manganese 1Calcium 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unnamed--Bedford AreaIronHematitePast Producer40.022, -78.509
Weaverling Tunnel Fossil Ore and Kemble Co.IronHematitePast Producer40.030, -78.468
Lowry, Eichelbarger Co. MinesIronHematitePast Producer40.018, -78.387
Unnamed--Bedford-Wolfsburg AreaIronHematitePast Producer40.047, -78.544
Tatesville Fossil Ore MinesIronHematitePast Producer40.058, -78.369
C.I. Ore BankIronHematitePast Producer40.144, -78.308
Weimer OreIronHematitePast Producer40.163, -78.303
Cambria MineIronHematitePast Producer40.167, -78.357
Core StationIronHematitePast Producer40.239, -78.283
HardmanIronHematitePast Producer39.939, -78.634
Baech Orchard BarrensIronLimonitePast Producer40.230, -78.366
Ripley's Ore BankIronLimonitePast Producer40.183, -78.433
Bakersville Ore BankIronLimonitePast Producer40.261, -78.415
Stuckey's Ore Bank & 3 AdditionalIronLimonitePast Producer40.217, -78.434
Hughes & Henderson MineIronLimonitePast Producer40.070, -78.496
Barley Ore BankIronLimonitePast Producer40.225, -78.400
Simon & ColesManganese—Past Producer40.083, -78.262
Cumberland Coal & Iron Workings/J. WolfordIron—Past Producer39.869, -78.691
Snyder PropertyZinc—Occurrence40.219, -78.410
Simon and Coles Manganese Deposit——Past Producer40.092, -78.248
Elwood Smith Farm ProspectZinc—Prospect40.233, -78.430
The Witt Claims ProspectLead—Occurrence39.781, -78.748
Steel and Koontz Dolomite QuarryDolomite—Past Producer40.007, -78.461
Koon Dolomite QuarryDolomite—Past Producer39.945, -78.451
Oppenheimer MineIron—Past Producer40.132, -78.478
Piper's Dolomite QuarryDolomite—Past Producer40.099, -78.331
Enterprise Lime and Ballast Co. QyDolomite—Past Producer39.823, -78.714
Dunkle Dolomite QuarryDolomite—Past Producer40.072, -78.387
Carper Dolomite QuarryDolomite—Past Producer40.229, -78.352
Ray Barley Zn-Pb OccurrenceZinc—Prospect40.233, -78.423
Scott Smith Mine——Prospect40.231, -78.428
Miles Snyder Farm ProspectLead—Prospect40.220, -78.438
Woodbury ProspectZinc—Prospect40.230, -78.425

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 12 fossil collection records in Bedford County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Fulton County · Huntingdon County · Blair County · Cambria County · Franklin County

Pennsylvania mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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