Tarburton Pit

Producer in Kent county in Delaware, 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 10143509
MRDS ID W019684
MAS/MILS ID 0100010007
Record type Site
Current site name Tarburton Pit
Alternate or previous names Warren Brothers Company
Related records 10073572

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.47603, 39.17722 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kent(county)

Delaware(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Broadkill-Smyrna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Delaware Kent

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.47603, 39.17722

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 Unknown
    Owner Tilcon Delaware, Inc.
    ID 700093
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 8-27-81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-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)

StatusActive since 02/11/1991
MSHA mine ID0700093
Mine name (MSHA)Tarburton Pit
Current operatorPennsy Supply Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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