Gray Pit

Unknown in Cumberland county in Maine, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073602
MRDS ID W019727
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Pit
Alternate or previous names Portland Sand and Gravel Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.30142, 43.89096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Presumpscot(hydrologic unit)

Saco(hydrologic accounting unit)

Saco(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.30142, 43.89096

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Portland Sand & Gravel Co.,
    Year 2003

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 12/05/2024
MSHA mine ID1700237
Mine name (MSHA)Gray Pit
Current operatorShaw Brothers Construction, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Jonathan E Shaw; Daniel H Shaw
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (367 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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