Tarburton Pit

Past Producer in Kent county in Delaware, 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073572
MRDS ID W019684
Record type Site
Current site name Tarburton Pit
Related records 10143509

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.47602, 39.17724 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kent(county)

Delaware(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Broadkill-Smyrna(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Delaware Kent

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.47602, 39.17724

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Warren Brothers

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DATA BASE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 U.S. Bureau Of Mines 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 02/11/1991
MSHA mine ID0700093
Mine name (MSHA)Tarburton Pit
Current operatorPennsy Supply Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (199 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references