Blue Stone Quarry

Producer in Westmoreland county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10129628
MRDS ID W022151
MAS/MILS ID 0421290004
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Latrobe Construction Company
Related records 10100063, 10177875

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.29474, 40.27442 (WGS84)
Elevation 427

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westmoreland(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Derry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsburgh East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kiskiminetas(hydrologic unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic accounting unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Westmoreland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Burgoon Sandstone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Latrobe Construction Co.
    ID 3600131
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-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 02/25/2008
MSHA mine ID3600131
Mine name (MSHA)Latrobe Plant
Current operatorHanson Aggregates BMC, Inc
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
Mine typeUnderground (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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External references