Beal Sand Pit Number 2

Producer in Lee county in North Carolina, 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 10272477
MRDS ID W021091
MAS/MILS ID 0371050009
Record type Site
Current site name Beal Sand Pit Number 2
Related records 10074741

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.21536, 35.4004 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.21536, 35.4004

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 N. C. Beal And Sons Inc.
    ID 3101594

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTORS 1978

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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 02/22/1980
MSHA mine ID3101594
Mine name (MSHA)Beal Pit
Current operatorN C Beal & Sons
Current controller (parent)Beal Cone-Hester & Edison
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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