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Rocks Realty Company Pit

Past Producer in Kent county in Michigan, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  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 10145990
MAS/MILS ID 0260810030
Record type Site
Current site name Rocks Realty Company Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -85.73325, 42.93611 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kent(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Rapids West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Rapids(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Rapids(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Grand(hydrologic unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Kent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 006 N 012 W 04 C Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -85.73325, 42.93611
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rocks Ready Concrete Co., Inc.
    ID 2000938
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLANT ADDRESS IS CHICAGO DRIVE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT, KENT CO., JULY 1972;UPDATE NOV. 1979

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/21/1979
MSHA mine ID2000938
Mine name (MSHA)Rocks Ready Mix Pit
Current operatorRocks Ready Mix Concrete Co Inc
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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