Root Pit

Producer in Montgomery 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 10296861
MAS/MILS ID 0360570011
Record type Site
Current site name Root Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -74.48287, 42.86668 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlisle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amsterdam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Binghamton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mohawk(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -74.48287, 42.86668

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 Town Of Root
    ID 3002501
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 03-26-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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)

StatusAbandoned since 10/03/1996
MSHA mine ID3002501
Mine name (MSHA)Root Pit
Current operatorTown Of Root
Current controller (parent)Town Of Root-Ny
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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