Sibley Quarry Rockwood Quarry

Producer in Wayne county in Michigan, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10146698
MAS/MILS ID 0261630019
Record type Site
Current site name Sibley Quarry Rockwood Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -83.19157, 42.09581 (WGS84)
Elevation 175
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Detroit(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Detroit(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Detroit(hydrologic unit)

St. Clair-Detroit(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Clair-Detroit(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Wayne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Detroit River Group

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Holloway Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 2002520
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION SHEET 05/19/80.

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 07/24/1985
MSHA mine ID2002520
Mine name (MSHA)Michigan Foundation Quarry
Current operatorRockwood Stone Inc
Current controller (parent)Daniel W Holloway
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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