Lowville Pit and Plant

Producer in Erie county in Pennsylvania, 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 10256662
MAS/MILS ID 0420490018
Record type Site
Current site name Lowville Pit and Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.82115, 42.03001 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Erie(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wattsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jamestown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

French(hydrologic unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic accounting unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Erie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.82115, 42.03001

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 Maybro Asphalt
    ID 3606131
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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)

StatusIntermittent since 07/17/2025
MSHA mine ID3606131
Mine name (MSHA)Lowville Pit 1
Current operatorSafford Sand and Gravel INC.
Current controller (parent)Justin Safford
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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