Buck Mountain (Pennsylvania)

Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain as seen from Buck Mountain Road
Highest point
Elevation	1,942 ft (592 m)
Geography
Topo map	Nuremberg (for official coordinates)
Geology
Mountain type	mountain

Buck Mountain (also known as Bucks Mountain) is a mountain in Columbia County and Luzerne County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. Its elevation is 1,942 feet (592 m) above sea level. The mountain contains deposits of coal (specifically anthracite). Shale and conglomerate are also present. The coal on the mountain was historically mined, altering the landscape somewhat. The mountain is used by many species as a habitat. It is most likely named after Albert Ansbach.

Buck Mountain has an official elevation of 1,942 feet (592 m), making it the fourth-highest mountain in Columbia County.

Buck Mountain's official coordinates are in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Nuremberg. The mountain is located in southeastern Beaver Township, Columbia County.

A stream known as Beaver Run flows between Buck Mountain and McCauley Mountain. Buck Mountain is on the border of the Beaver Valley, some distance north of the community of Shumans. Additionally, Falls Run, a tributary of Black Creek flows through Columbia County and Luzerne County, between the mountain and a hill known as Middle Hill. The mountain has a spur.

Buck Mountain contains deposits of coal. Part of the landscape on Buck Mountain has been altered by mining in the past.

There are beds of red shale in Buck Mountain. This shale underlies rock formations of conglomerate It also underlies beds of anthracite on the mountain.