Pit No 2

Past Producer in Cape May 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 10174353
MAS/MILS ID 0340090004
Record type Site
Current site name Pit No 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -74.87521, 39.04112 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cape May(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Grande(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atlantic City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cohansey-Maurice(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Cape May

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -74.87521, 39.04112

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 Operator
    Owner Thomson Trenching
    ID 2800818
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79 STATUS=CLOSED AS OF 11/30/77

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID2800818
Mine name (MSHA)Pit No 2 Middle Township
Current operatorThomson Trenching Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert C Thomson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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