Sterling Quarry

Producer in Wayne county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Stone
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 10299756
MAS/MILS ID 0421270024
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -75.39131, 41.3375 (WGS84)
Elevation 506

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling(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
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -75.39131, 41.3375

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 Eureka Stone Quarries I
    ID 3606877
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING TRAPROCK

  • Deposit

    MSHA METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REFERENCE,11/23/79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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)

StatusActive since 06/06/2022
MSHA mine ID3606877
Mine name (MSHA)Sterling Quarry
Current operatorEureka Stone Quarry Inc
Current controller (parent)James D Morrissey III
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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