Veal Blue Quarry

Past Producer in Elbert county in Georgia, 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 10168479
MAS/MILS ID 0131050010
Record type Site
Current site name Veal Blue Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.90767, 34.11153 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elbert(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elberton West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Broad(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Elbert

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.90767, 34.11153

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 Veal Blue Quarry, Inc.
    ID 900066

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 1981--ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

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 06/09/1978
MSHA mine ID0900066
Mine name (MSHA)Veal Blue Quarry
Current operatorVeal Blue Quarry 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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