Keplinger Quarry & Mill

Producer in Grant county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229426
MRDS ID W023350
MAS/MILS ID 0540230002
Record type Site
Current site name Keplinger Quarry & Mill
Alternate or previous names Keplinger Quarry
Related records 10076373

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.20054, 39.07584 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maysville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kingwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Branch Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Grant

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Helderberg Group

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 Operator
    Owner Keplinger Lime Co., Inc.
    ID 4602792
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-79 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 02/14/2014
MSHA mine ID4602792
Mine name (MSHA)Keplinger Lime
Current operatorAggregate Industries
Current controller (parent)Amrize Ltd
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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