Hitchings Pit

Producer in Onondaga county in New York, 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 10184421
MAS/MILS ID 0360670037
Record type Site
Current site name Hitchings Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -76.02182, 42.89999 (WGS84)
Elevation 488

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Onondaga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Auburn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Oneida(hydrologic unit)

Oswego(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeastern Lake Ontario(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Onondaga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -76.02182, 42.89999

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 Santaro Taroson Inc.
    ID 3002347
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 11-23-79 AND 11-24-80

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 5-24-79

  • Deposit

    POR IS TOWN OF POMPEY

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

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 09/25/1980
MSHA mine ID3002347
Mine name (MSHA)Hitchings Pit
Current operatorSantaro & Taroson Inc
Current controller (parent)Anthony Santaro
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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