Eichorn Quarry

Producer in Somerset 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. 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 10153732
MAS/MILS ID 0421110011
Record type Site
Current site name Eichorn Quarry
Alternate or previous names Eichon Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -79.20944, 39.74033 (WGS84)
Elevation 806
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morgantown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Youghiogheny(hydrologic unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic accounting unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Somerset

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -79.20944, 39.74033

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 Keystone Lime Co., Inc.
    ID 3605464
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LIST 5-18-81.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC WITH MILL, SEQ. #0421119005 & MINE SEQ. #0421110009

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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)

StatusActive since 01/21/1998
MSHA mine ID3605464
Mine name (MSHA)EICHORN MINES
Current operatorKeystone Lime Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Kendra K Folk; Melinda F Gibson; Beverly A Critchfield
Mine typeUnderground (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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External references