Gettysburg Limestone Co. Quarry

Producer in Adams county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10201767
MAS/MILS ID 0420010055
Record type Site
Current site name Gettysburg Limestone Co. Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -77.35248, 39.79672 (WGS84)
Elevation 190
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Monocacy(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Adams

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -77.35248, 39.79672

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 Gettysburg Limestone Products,Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY USED FOR CONCRETE,AGGREGATE,ROAD METAL

  • Deposit

    PGS MINERAL RESOURCE REPORT M50,PART ONE,LIMESTONE AND DOLO-

  • Deposit

    MITES OF PA.,1964,PG.10,MAP8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.