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Resinger Property (Prospect)Egolf-Kennedy Valley (Past Producer)Manorsville Area (Past Producer)Reepson & Dunn Banks & 2 Additional Banks (Past Producer)Adam's Glen Schoolhouse (Past Producer)Oakgrove Area (Past Producer)Ore Ridge Area (Past Producer)Cochran/Roundsley Mines (Past Producer)Unnamed--N. of Millerstown (Past Producer)B.G. Mush and Co. Mine (Past Producer)Reeder Works/Barnett Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed--Near Perry Furance (Past Producer)Clouser Works/Buffalo Ridge (Past Producer)M. Hull's Mine (Past Producer)Peterman & Cook & Additional Mines (Past Producer)Troutman's Bank (Past Producer)Unnamed--On Juniata River (Past Producer)Girty'm Notch/McCormick (Past Producer)Seidel's Mine (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
19 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.

Woof’s favorite find

Resinger Property

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 of the minerals on our cards and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect. Minerals mentioned: Pyrite, Copper. Approx. location 40.452, -77.393. 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?

19
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
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

Limonite 13Hematite 4

Commodities

Iron 17

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Unnamed--N. of MillerstownIronHematitePast Producer40.569, -77.154
Egolf-Kennedy ValleyIronHematitePast Producer40.303, -77.325
Cochran/Roundsley MinesIronHematitePast Producer40.551, -77.182
Ore Ridge AreaIronHematitePast Producer40.538, -77.216
Unnamed--On Juniata RiverIronLimonitePast Producer40.474, -77.022
Manorsville AreaIronLimonitePast Producer40.428, -77.258
Troutman's BankIronLimonitePast Producer40.596, -77.072
M. Hull's MineIronLimonitePast Producer40.592, -77.104
Unnamed--Near Perry FuranceIronLimonitePast Producer40.394, -77.167
Reeder Works/Barnett MineIronLimonitePast Producer40.440, -77.169
Peterman & Cook & Additional MinesIronLimonitePast Producer40.447, -77.100
Clouser Works/Buffalo RidgeIronLimonitePast Producer40.454, -77.125
Adam's Glen SchoolhouseIronLimonitePast Producer40.356, -77.264
Oakgrove AreaIronLimonitePast Producer40.307, -77.267
Reepson & Dunn Banks & 2 Additional BanksIronLimonitePast Producer40.382, -77.268
Girty'm Notch/McCormickIronLimonitePast Producer40.489, -76.966
Seidel's MineIronLimonitePast Producer40.328, -76.952
Limestone Ridge Mines——Past Producer40.442, -77.162
B.G. Mush and Co. Mine——Past Producer40.553, -77.167
Resinger Property——Prospect40.452, -77.393

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 29 fossil collection records in Perry County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Juniata County · Snyder County · Mifflin County · Cumberland County · Dauphin County

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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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