Dower House Road Plant

Plant in Prince George's county in Maryland, United States with commodity Granite
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 10216076
MRDS ID W019910
MAS/MILS ID 0240339901
Record type Site
Current site name Dower House Road Plant
Alternate or previous names Eco-Roc, Inc.
Related records 10099757

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -76.84547, 38.81033 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince George's(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Marlboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Patuxent(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Prince George's

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -76.84547, 38.81033

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Eco-Roc, Inc.
    ID 1800564
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH & SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT 4/21/75.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 11/24/80 & 5/18/81.

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 08/21/1990
MSHA mine ID1800564
Mine name (MSHA)Eco-Rok Incorporated
Current operatorEco-Rok Inc
Current controller (parent)Hutchison Brothers Excavating Company 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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