Plainville Sand & Gravel Pit

Producer in Hartford 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 10191637
MRDS ID W019588
MAS/MILS ID 0090030017
Record type Site
Current site name Plainville Sand & Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Russak Brothers, Inc.
Related records 10073486

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.86783, 41.69189 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hartford(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Britain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmington River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut Hartford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.86783, 41.69189

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 Russak Brothers, Inc.
    ID 600252
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS 1978

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 22, 1971.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0090039027

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9/3/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 1980 AND 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-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 10/10/1986
MSHA mine ID0600252
Mine name (MSHA)Plainville Plant
Current operatorRussak Brothers Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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