Blue Stone Quarry

Producer in Bristol county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10218148
MRDS ID W019961
MAS/MILS ID 0250050009
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Ashland Oil, Inc.
Related records 10073795

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.90666, 41.67218 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bristol(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Bedford North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cape Cod(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Bristol

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alaskite

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 Tilcon-Warren Quarries, Inc.
    ID 1900046
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 8/10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/118/81

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

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)

StatusTemporarily Idled since 04/12/2022
MSHA mine ID1900046
Mine name (MSHA)Acushnet Quarry
Current operatorP J Keating Company
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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