Rock Pit #2

Producer in Palm Beach county in Florida, 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 10264856
MAS/MILS ID 0120990011
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Pit #2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -80.75872, 26.68174 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palm Beach(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Harbor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Palm Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Palm Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Everglades(hydrologic unit)

Southern(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Palm Beach

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -80.75872, 26.68174

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 Griffin Brothers Co., Inc.
    ID 800940
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP RPT 12-8-80

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 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 05/31/1998
MSHA mine ID0800940
Mine name (MSHA)ROCK PIT # 2
Current operatorGriffin Brothers Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Griffin Richard A
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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