Fairton Dredge

Producer in Cumberland county in New Jersey, 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 10271536
MRDS ID W020264
MAS/MILS ID 0340110011
Record type Site
Current site name Fairton Dredge
Alternate or previous names Fairton Pit & Plant, Fairton Sand and Gravel Company
Related records 10074060

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -75.24022, 39.34002 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cohansey-Maurice(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -75.24022, 39.34002

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 Fairton Stone And Sand Co., Inc.
    ID 2800616
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0340119008.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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 12/18/1985
MSHA mine ID2800616
Mine name (MSHA)Fairton Dredge And Plant
Current operatorFairton Stone & Sand Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Luczynski Stanley
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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