Foster Black Quarry

Past Producer in Providence county in Rhode Island, United States with commodity Granite
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 10153368
MRDS ID W022300
MAS/MILS ID 0440070014
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Black Quarry
Alternate or previous names Rock of Ages Corp., Rock of Ages Quarry
Related records 10075674

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.74919, 41.73608 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Providence(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coventry Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Quinebaug River(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Providence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.74919, 41.73608

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 Unknown
    Owner Rock Of Ages Corp.
    ID 3700125
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3/13/74

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1977 OR SUBSEQUENT MSHA LISTS, ASSUMED CLOSED

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.