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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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I. Geisinger Mine (Past Producer)Nicholas Property (Prospect)Orchard Mine (Past Producer)Mine Hill + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)New Galena Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Funk Estate Mine (Past Producer)New Galena Deposit (Past Producer)Delaware Qys (Producer)Buckmanville Mine/Solebury Mine (Past Producer)R. Richardson Farm (Past Producer)Bowmans Hill Mine (Past Producer)Superior Zinc Pigments Bristol Pa (Past Producer)Brennan Sand Company Pit (Past Producer)Uss Fairless Works-Fairless Hills (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
14 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

New Galena Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Silver) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer. Minerals mentioned: Silver. Approx. location 40.342, -75.177. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

14
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

3
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Magnetite 1Barite 1

Commodities

Lead 3Iron 3Copper 2Barium-Barite 1Silica 1Flagstone 1Phosphorus-Phosphates 1Zinc 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
R. Richardson FarmBarium-BariteBaritePast Producer40.314, -74.972
Mine HillIronMagnetitePast Producer40.574, -75.206
New Galena MineLead—Past Producer40.331, -75.186
Buckmanville Mine/Solebury MineCopper—Past Producer40.316, -74.986
Bowmans Hill MineCopper—Past Producer40.325, -74.941
Brennan Sand Company PitSilica—Past Producer40.138, -74.815
New Galena Mine——Past Producer40.342, -75.177
Funk Estate MineLead—Past Producer40.321, -75.195
New Galena DepositLead—Past Producer40.317, -75.094
Delaware QysFlagstone—Producer40.403, -75.046
Uss Fairless Works-Fairless HillsIron—Producer40.151, -74.752
Durham Mine——Past Producer40.577, -75.205
South of Dillingerville——Prospect40.470, -75.483
Orchard Mine——Past Producer40.579, -75.202
Stauffer Chem.--Morrisville, Pa.Phosphorus-Phosphates—Producer40.214, -75.781
Superior Zinc Pigments Bristol PaZinc—Past Producer40.099, -74.852
I. Geisinger MineIron—Past Producer40.551, -75.296
Kohl Property——Prospect40.563, -75.212
Nicholas Property——Prospect40.553, -75.248
Durham Mine——Past Producer40.573, -75.218

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 6 fossil collection records in Bucks County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Montgomery County · Philadelphia County · Northampton County · Lehigh County · Berks County

Pennsylvania mineral guides

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Related articles

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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