Whitesburg Mill Quarry

Producer in Letcher county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10194018
MAS/MILS ID 0211330003
Record type Site
Current site name Whitesburg Mill Quarry
Alternate or previous names State Contracting and Stone Company, Contractor Service Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -82.80176, 37.08317 (WGS84)
Elevation 655

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Letcher(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jenkins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Kentucky(hydrologic unit)

Kentucky(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kentucky-Licking(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Letcher

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -82.80176, 37.08317

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 Mountain Enterprises Inc.
    ID 1500198
    Year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Meousa Aggregates Co.
    ID 1500198
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 2/13/81 AND 2/12/80

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC. WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0211339003

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC. WITH MINE, SEQ. 0211330007

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 12/01/1981
MSHA mine ID1500198
Mine name (MSHA)Whitesburg Mill
Current operatorMountain Enterprises Inc
Current controller (parent)Lawson Leonard
Mine typeFacility (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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