Buffalo Perlite Plant

Plant in Erie county in New York, United States with commodity Perlite
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 10297233
MAS/MILS ID 0360299919
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Perlite Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -78.87472, 42.9167 (WGS84)
Elevation 180

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Erie(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Erie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -78.87472, 42.9167

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crystallization

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Buffalo Perlite Corp.
    ID 3002574
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10-81; REPT. NO. 3000613

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

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 06/24/1985
MSHA mine ID3002574
Mine name (MSHA)Buffalo Perlite Plant
Current operatorBuffalo Perlite
Current controller (parent)Pine Hill Concrete Mix Corp
Mine typeFacility (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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