Plymouth Pit & Plant Wethers Inc

Producer in Plymouth county in Massachusetts, 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 10170723
MRDS ID W020106
MAS/MILS ID 0250230001
Record type Site
Current site name Plymouth Pit & Plant Wethers Inc
Alternate or previous names Plymouth Plant
Related records 10073923

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.65365, 41.92747 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plymouth(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cape Cod(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Plymouth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.65365, 41.92747

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 Wethers, Inc.
    ID 1900518
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    MILS FIELD CHECK 1977

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81, NOT ON CMS LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0250239009

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-83 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 09/06/1985
MSHA mine ID1900518
Mine name (MSHA)Wethers Incorporated
Current operatorWethers 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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