Vander Pit

Producer in Cumberland county in North Carolina, 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 10151382
MAS/MILS ID 0370519002
Record type Site
Current site name Vander Pit
Alternate or previous names Vander Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -78.78785, 34.97231 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elizabethtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -78.78785, 34.97231

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Becker Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 3100405

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT DECEMBER 1-2, 1971.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PIT, A DREDGE, AND A MILL.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PIT, SEQ. NO. 0370510001.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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 12/15/1994
MSHA mine ID3100405
Mine name (MSHA)Vander Pit
Current operatorBlythe Construction Inc
Current controller (parent)Alfred Mc Alpine 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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