Sheton Sand & Gravel Pit

Unknown in Fairfield county in Connecticut, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073472
MRDS ID W019572
Record type Site
Current site name Sheton Sand & Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Chapman Pit, Bethel Plant, Bethel Sand and Gravel Company Pit
Related records 10118870

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.30464, 41.38649 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfield(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Fairfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.30464, 41.38649

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner BETHEL SAND & GRAVEL CO.
    Year 2003
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethel Sand And Gravel Co.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DATA BASE

  • Deposit

    Tepordei, V.V., 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas Of The United States: Washington, D.C., National Stone, Sand And Gravel Association, One Cd-Disk.Tepordei, V.V., 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas Of The United States: Washington, D.C., National Stone, Sand And Gravel Association, One Cd-Disk.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-MAR-2003 Kapo, K.E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.