West Hills Pit

Producer in Suffolk county in New York, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10151331
MRDS ID W020732
MAS/MILS ID 0361030006
Record type Site
Current site name West Hills Pit
Alternate or previous names West Hill Silica Sand Company
Related records 10074448

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.43205, 40.9261 (WGS84)
Elevation 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Suffolk(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lloyd Harbor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Long Island West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New York(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Long Island(hydrologic unit)

Long Island(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Target Rock National 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 New York Suffolk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.43205, 40.9261

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 Operator
    Owner Broad Hollow Estates
    ID 3000995
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    PHONE CONTACT, 2-11-81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0361039004.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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)

StatusActive since 05/01/2023
MSHA mine ID3000995
Mine name (MSHA)Broad Hollow Estates Inc
Current operator110 Sand Company
Current controller (parent)Farmingdale Sand Inc; C Browman Transportation Corp
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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