Phelps Pit

Producer in Ontario county in New York, 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 10272621
MAS/MILS ID 0360690054
Record type Site
Current site name Phelps Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -77.06636, 42.95829 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ontario(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phelps(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canandaigua(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Seneca(hydrologic unit)

Oswego(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeastern Lake Ontario(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -77.06636, 42.95829

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dewitt, B. R., Inc.
    ID 3002530
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 09-21-81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 05-18-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-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)

StatusAbandoned since 08/14/1989
MSHA mine ID3002530
Mine name (MSHA)Phelps Pit
Current operatorB R Dewitt Inc
Current controller (parent)Gene Dewitt Corporation
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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