However, coal mining on the east side of the mountain proved to be a commercial failure.

[1] McCauley Mountain's official coordinates are in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Shumans.

An area of rock of the Mauch Chunk Formation along Nescopeck Creek may represent the synlinorium's main axis.

Beers' 1915 book Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania.

[10] McCauley Mountain is surrounded by rock of the Mauch Chunk Formation.

The basin contains two beds of coal, which are most likely seams of the Lower White-Ash Group.

[5] In the central part of the mountain, there is a large area of partially reclaimed mining land.

[9] There is an ice lobe from the Illinoian period near the eastern end of McCauley Mountain.

The McCauley Colliery was operated by Long, Fisher and Shaffer, the successor of the Columbia Coal and Iron Company.

At around this time, Simon P. Kase owned the western side of the mountain and the land that the McCauley Railroad passed through.

[10] As of 2004, there is a possibility that utility right-of-ways and communication towers will be constructed on McCauley Mountain.

The Columbia County Natural Areas Inventory advises against having all terrain vehicle trails near the ponds on the mountain.

[6] McCauley Mountain is listed as a Locally Significant Site on the Columbia County Natural Areas Inventory.