Orchard Park Pit

Producer in Erie county in New York, United States with commodity Clay
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 10159815
MRDS ID W020477
MAS/MILS ID 0360290009
Record type Site
Current site name Orchard Park Pit
Alternate or previous names Olivieri and Sons, Incorporated.
Related records 10074238

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.72111, 42.7881 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Erie(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orchard Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo-Eighteenmile(hydrologic unit)

Eastern Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Erie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Angola and Rhinestreet Shales

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 Olivieri And Sons, Inc
    ID 3000285
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-28-81

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)

StatusAbandoned since 06/15/1990
MSHA mine ID3000285
Mine name (MSHA)Orchard Park
Current operatorOlivieri & Sons Inc
Current controller (parent)Olivieri Charles
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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