Hillsdale Sand & Gravel Pit

Producer in Hillsdale county in Michigan, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10243699
MAS/MILS ID 0260590010
Record type Site
Current site name Hillsdale Sand & Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.50521, 41.76001 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsdale(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frontier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Adrian(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Hillsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 008 S 002 W 23 C Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.50521, 41.76001

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 Hillsdale Sand And Gravel Co
    ID 2002344
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE 1978

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)

StatusActive since 05/14/2015
MSHA mine ID2002344
Mine name (MSHA)Gerken Materials- Hillsdale Plant
Current operatorGerken Materials Inc
Current controller (parent)Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
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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