St. Joseph County Pit

Producer in St. Joseph county in Michigan, 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 10292420
MAS/MILS ID 0261490015
Record type Site
Current site name St. Joseph County Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.68105, 41.91891 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Joseph(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Rivers West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elkhart(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan St. Joseph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -85.68105, 41.91891

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 Kline Brothers, Inc.
    ID 2002458
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 10-2-80.

  • Deposit

    PHONE CALL 2-10-81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 05/06/1985
MSHA mine ID2002458
Mine name (MSHA)St Joseph County Pit
Current operatorKline Brothers 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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