Piney River Aplite Quarry

Producer in Nelson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10076286
MRDS ID W023250
Record type Site
Current site name Piney River Aplite Quarry
Related records 10252215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.04752, 37.71589 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piney River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APLITE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.04752, 37.71589

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sorbin Chemicals, Inc.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0584 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT AUGUST 7, 1973.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY PRODUCES APLITE FOR THE GLASS INDUSTRY AND IS OPERATED BYSORBIN CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED. OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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