Mackinaw Gravel Pit

Producer in Crawford 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. 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 10267560
MAS/MILS ID 0260390006
Record type Site
Current site name Mackinaw Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.72771, 44.8411 (WGS84)
Elevation 369

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bradford Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grayling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Traverse City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Au Sable(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Huron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Huron(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Crawford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.72771, 44.8411

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 Mackinac Gravel Co.
    ID 2002530
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS THREE MILES SOUTH OF WATERS, MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION SHEET 05/15/80.

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 11/03/1982
MSHA mine ID2002530
Mine name (MSHA)Mackinaw Gravel Pit
Current operatorMackinaw Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)Eriksen Bonnie R
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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