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Church Pit

Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Clay
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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 10239481
MAS/MILS ID 80590053
Record type Site
Current site name Church Pit
Alternate or previous names Church Harvey Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • May possibly be a duplicate of 10141915 (MAS 0080130183) but that record claims to be located in Boulder County even if the coordinates plot in Jefferson. There is no valid reference cited in that record.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.2319, 39.88539 (WGS84)
Elevation 1874
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Location uncertain. There is no way to verify these coordinates west of Rocky Flats.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Comments on the location information

  • Location uncertain. No details given in MSHA database. Address of record is Indian Hills, CO which is in Jeffco but far from here. That could be the office location, not the pit.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.2319, 39.88539
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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 Owner-Operator
    Owner GREAT WESTERN EXCAVATING COMPANY (Great West Excavating Company)
    Year 2013
    Last year 1998
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cmt Excavating Inc.
    Year 2013
    First year 1998
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vince K Eisenhand
    Year 2013
    First year 1998

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA FILE

  • Deposit

    MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System database

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2013-12-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/16/2021
MSHA mine ID0500340
Mine name (MSHA)CHURCH HARVEY MINE
Current operatorCmt Excavating Inc
Current controller (parent)Vince K Eisenhand
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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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