Palm Beach County Mine

Past Producer in Palm Beach county in Florida, 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 10215973
MAS/MILS ID 0120990010
Record type Site
Current site name Palm Beach County Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -81.16733, 26.93364 (WGS84)
Elevation 4
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glades(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Myers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Palm Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Okeechobee Inflow(hydrologic unit)

Kissimmee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Palm Beach

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 041 S 042 E 05 Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -81.16733, 26.93364

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dickerson, Inc.
    ID 800908
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 11-23-79.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 LISTS

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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID0800908
Mine name (MSHA)Palm Beach County Mine
Current operatorDickerson Inc
Current controller (parent)Dickerson Group Inc
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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