Sharon Plant

Plant in Norfolk county in Massachusetts, 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 10243520
MRDS ID W020096
MAS/MILS ID 0250219901
Record type Site
Current site name Sharon Plant
Related records 10099782

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -71.05836, 42.13387 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norfolk(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Narragansett(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 Norfolk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Dedham Granite

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 Wash

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sansone Brothers
    ID 1900609
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 12/13/73

  • Deposit

    MILS FIELD CHECK 1977

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/24/80

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81, NOT ON CMS LIST 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)

StatusAbandoned since 09/03/1980
MSHA mine ID1900609
Mine name (MSHA)Sharon Loam Plant
Current operatorSansone Brothers
Current controller (parent)Sansone Francis J & Robert C
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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