Booska Pit and Mill

Past Producer in Addison county in Vermont, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10155051
MRDS ID	W022999
MAS/MILS ID	0500010015
Record type	Site
Current site name	Booska Pit and Mill
Alternate or previous names	L.R. Booska
Related records	10076077, 10204173

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-73.09671, 44.13637 (WGS84)
Elevation	128

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Addison(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Vermont	Addison

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-73.09671, 44.13637	ListMap

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 L. R Booska Corp.

ID 4300210

Type	Unknown
Owner	L. R Booska Corp.
ID	4300210

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0500010015
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W022999	MAS references MRDS
Mine Safety and Health Administration	MSHA	MSHA	4300210

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	24-FEB-1982	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)

Status	Abandoned since 11/25/1996
MSHA mine ID	4300210
Mine name (MSHA)	BRISTOL SAND & GRAVEL
Current operator	Paquette Excavating Inc
Current controller (parent)	Emile J Paquette
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

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