Mechanics Valley Quarry

Producer in Cecil county in Maryland, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145373
MRDS ID W019855
MAS/MILS ID 0240150020
Record type Site
Current site name Mechanics Valley Quarry
Alternate or previous names Maryland Materials, Inc.
Related records 10110570

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.92384, 39.64082 (WGS84)
Elevation 64

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cecil(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bay View(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chester-Sassafras(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Cecil

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.92384, 39.64082

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, JR., J., 1971, MARYLAND I.C. 11, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 16-18, 1972.

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    # MINE ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICS VALLEY PLANT (0240159002).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.

External references