Catterson Pit

Producer in Wayne county in Pennsylvania, 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 10177560
MRDS ID W022245
MAS/MILS ID 0421270002
Record type Site
Current site name Catterson Pit
Alternate or previous names Lake Ariel Pit & Mill, Keystone Pavement & Construction Co
Related records 10075633

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.40931, 41.4517 (WGS84)
Elevation 469

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Ariel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lackawaxen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Wayne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

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 Keystone Pavement And Construction
    ID 3603196
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 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 04/09/2026
MSHA mine ID3603196
Mine name (MSHA)Lake Ariel Quarry
Current operatorHeidelberg Materials Northeast LLC
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
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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