National Gypsum Co--Portsmouth, Nh.

Producer in Rockingham county in New Hampshire, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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 10271732
MAS/MILS ID 0330159001
Record type Site
Current site name National Gypsum Co--Portsmouth, Nh.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.76695, 43.08807 (WGS84)
Elevation 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

New Hampshire(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portsmouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kittery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Hampshire Rockingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.76695, 43.08807

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Gypsum Co.
    ID 2700027
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    LOCATION VERIFIED FROM MSHA 1978

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

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 05/30/1979
MSHA mine ID2700027
Mine name (MSHA)Portsmouth Mill
Current operatorNational Gypsum Company
Current controller (parent)Lafarge S A
Mine typeFacility (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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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