Union Quarries Inc

Producer in Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, 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 10250440
MRDS ID W022087
MAS/MILS ID 0420710029
Record type Site
Current site name Union Quarries Inc
Alternate or previous names Rheems Quarry
Related records 10075497

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.58246, 40.13222 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lancaster(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elizabethtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.58246, 40.13222

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 Union Quarries Inc.
    ID 3600111
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE: PENNDOT 1975

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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 11/24/2008
MSHA mine ID3600111
Mine name (MSHA)Rheems Quarry
Current operatorR.E. Pierson Materials Corp
Current controller (parent)Richard E Pierson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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