Frink Pit and Mill

Producer in Penobscot 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 10121392
MAS/MILS ID 0230190053
Record type Site
Current site name Frink Pit and Mill
Alternate or previous names Frink Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.88967, 44.70135 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Penobscot(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Penobscot River(hydrologic unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic accounting unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Penobscot

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.88967, 44.70135

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lane Construction Corp.
    ID 1700208
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81, CMS LIST 10-30-81, RCF LIST 10-28-81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0230199007

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 5-21-81.

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 08/24/2011
MSHA mine ID1700208
Mine name (MSHA)FRINK PIT AND MILL
Current operatorLane Construction Corp
Current controller (parent)Lane Industries 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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