Aston Quarry

Producer in Culpeper county in Virginia, United States with commodity Granite
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179436
MRDS ID W023169
MAS/MILS ID 0510470001
Record type Site
Current site name Aston Quarry
Alternate or previous names Buena Black Granite Corp.
Related records 10076222

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.03191, 38.38084 (WGS84)
Elevation 107

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culpeper(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Culpeper West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Culpeper

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.03191, 38.38084

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 Buena Black Granite Corp.
    ID 4400020

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUL-1982 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 10/09/1998
MSHA mine ID4400020
Mine name (MSHA)BUENA BLACK QUARRY
Current operatorVirginia Black Granite Inc
Current controller (parent)Joao Thomazini; Jhonatan Thomazini
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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