Van Orden Pit

Past Producer in Passaic county in New Jersey, 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 10174219
MRDS ID W020319
MAS/MILS ID 0340310007
Record type Site
Current site name Van Orden Pit
Alternate or previous names Van Orden Sand and Gravel Co., Inc.
Related records 10099812

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.22347, 40.9531 (WGS84)
Elevation 82
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Passaic

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.22347, 40.9531

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 Van Orden Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 2800563
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3/31/81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0340319015.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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 03/19/1996
MSHA mine ID2800563
Mine name (MSHA)Van Orden Mill
Current operatorVan Orden Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)Mc Bride W Peter & W J
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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