North Yarmouth Pit

Producer in Cumberland county in Maine, United States with commodity Clay
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 10169816
MRDS ID W019730
MAS/MILS ID 0230050010
Record type Site
Current site name North Yarmouth Pit
Alternate or previous names Royal River Brick Company Mine
Related records 10073604, 10291585

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -70.26302, 43.86806 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Portland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Presumpscot(hydrologic unit)

Saco(hydrologic accounting unit)

Saco(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -70.26302, 43.86806

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 Unknown
    Owner Richard J. Hossman
    ID 1700041
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS 11-3-81

  • Deposit

    RCF REPORT #1770070 ON RCF LIST 10-28-81

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10-30-81 LISTS REPORT # FROM RCF LIST

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0230059015

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

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 06/01/1981
MSHA mine ID1700041
Mine name (MSHA)North Yarmouth Pit And Mill
Current operatorRoyal River Brick Company 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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