Dorchester Pit

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 10271829
MAS/MILS ID 0340110006
Record type Site
Current site name Dorchester Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -74.97381, 39.27502 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
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

Port Elizabeth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atlantic City(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) -74.97381, 39.27502

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 Whitehead Brothers Co.
    ID 2800567
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTS 11-23-79 & 11-24-80.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0340119007.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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)

StatusActive since 09/22/2011
MSHA mine ID2800567
Mine name (MSHA)DORCHESTER PLANT
Current operatorWhibco of New Jersey, Inc.
Current controller (parent)WHIBCO, Inc.
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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External references