Sardinia Pit

Producer in Erie county in New York, 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 10256913
MAS/MILS ID 0360290032
Record type Site
Current site name Sardinia Pit
Alternate or previous names Chaffee Operation

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -78.48031, 42.5397 (WGS84)
Elevation 423
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Erie(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arcade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cattaraugus(hydrologic unit)

Eastern Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Erie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -78.48031, 42.5397

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 Gernatt Asphalt Products
    ID 3002296
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 5/2/80.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

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)

StatusAbandoned since 10/11/2003
MSHA mine ID3002296
Mine name (MSHA)CHAFFEE
Current operatorGernatt Asphalt Products Inc
Current controller (parent)Daniel R Gernatt Jr
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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