Richmond-Arvonia Quarry

Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183878
MRDS ID W023143
MAS/MILS ID 0510290003
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond-Arvonia Quarry
Alternate or previous names Le Sueur-Richmond Slate Corp.
Related records 10076204

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.34582, 37.69395 (WGS84)
Elevation 98

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arvonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.34582, 37.69395

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 Lesueur-Richmond Slate Co.
    ID 4400061

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-1995 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 04/08/1975
MSHA mine ID4400061
Mine name (MSHA)Boxley Arvonia Quarry
Current operatorBoxley Materials Company
Current controller (parent)Quikrete Holdings 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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