Edison Pit

Past Producer in Lee county in Florida, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119422
MAS/MILS ID 0120710004
Record type Site
Current site name Edison Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -81.83735, 26.62475 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Myers SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Myers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Palm Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caloosahatchee(hydrologic unit)

Southern(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Lee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 044 S 025 E 29 E2NENE Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -81.83735, 26.62475

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Whitehead Farms
    ID 800838
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LIST 11-23-79.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    RCF 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/30/1978
MSHA mine ID0800838
Mine name (MSHA)Edison Pit
Current operatorWhitehead Farms Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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