Grings Quarry

Past Producer in Berks county in Pennsylvania, 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100029
MRDS ID W021922
Record type Site
Current site name Grings Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.00964, 40.3439 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Berks(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sinking Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Schuylkill(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Berks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.00964, 40.3439

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE: PA DEPT OF NAT RES 1976 & MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 24, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PIT IS OPERATED BY PORTAGE LAKES SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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