Luce County Pit

Producer in Luce county in Michigan, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194216
MAS/MILS ID 0260950010
Record type Site
Current site name Luce County Pit
Alternate or previous names Luce County Road Commission Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -85.51104, 46.3 (WGS84)
Elevation 245

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luce(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newberry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manistique Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sault Sainte Marie(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tahquamenon(hydrologic unit)

Southeastern Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Luce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 045 N 010 W 14 NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -85.51104, 46.3

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Luce County Road Commission
    ID 2001878
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE LIST, NOV. 1979; MSHA INSPECTION RPT. JUNE 1975,

  • Deposit

    LUCE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LIST 10/81

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 08/16/1999
MSHA mine ID2001878
Mine name (MSHA)LUCE COUNTY PIT
Current operatorLuce County Road Commission
Current controller (parent)Luce County-Mi
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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