Frontage Road Pit

Producer in New Haven county in Connecticut, 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 10216385
MAS/MILS ID 0090090016
Record type Site
Current site name Frontage Road Pit
Alternate or previous names Elm City Construction Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.86563, 41.38139 (WGS84)
Elevation 8
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Haven(county)

Connecticut(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallingford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Haven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinnipiac(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Connecticut New Haven

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.86563, 41.38139

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 Elm City Comstruction Co., Inc.
    ID 600342

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JANUARY 31, 1971.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 6/5/80

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 1980 AND 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0090099043

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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 12/01/2003
MSHA mine ID0600342
Mine name (MSHA)VALLEY SAND & GRAVEL CORP.
Current operatorValley Sand & Gravel Corp
Current controller (parent)William M Laydon
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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