Route 66 Pit

Producer in Rensselaer 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 10199503
MRDS ID W020661
MAS/MILS ID 0360830014
Record type Site
Current site name Route 66 Pit
Alternate or previous names Valente Sand and Gravel
Related records 10135250, 10074392

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.56734, 42.79748 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rensselaer(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomhannock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Rensselaer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.56734, 42.79748

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 Valente Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 3000985
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0360839003.

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 02/11/2010
MSHA mine ID3000985
Mine name (MSHA)Valente Sand & Gravel
Current operatorCallanan Industries Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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