Rice Pit

Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, 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 10167377
MRDS ID W019625
MAS/MILS ID 0090090017
Record type Site
Current site name Rice Pit
Alternate or previous names Estate of Stillman H. Rice
Related records 10073521

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.85703, 41.39669 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallingford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.85703, 41.39669

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 Thomas Keegan And Sons Inc.
    ID 600226
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS 1978

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 15, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY THE ESTATE OF STILLMAN H. RICE.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10/29/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 1980 AND 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    UMINES MAS SUMMARY FILE SEQ. NO. 0090099028

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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 04/10/2024
MSHA mine ID0600226
Mine name (MSHA)RICE PIT
Current operatorThomas Keegan & Sons Inc
Current controller (parent)Terrence Keegan
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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