Arvonia Quarry

Past Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076204
MRDS ID W023143
Record type Site
Current site name Arvonia Quarry
Related records 10183878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.34583, 37.69394 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arvonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.34583, 37.69394

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MARCH 28 AND 30, 1972.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IS OPERATED BY LE SUEUR-RICHMOND SLATE CORPORATION.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AND A CRUSHING PLANT, WHICH CRUSHES WASTE SLATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references