Horseheads Pit

Past Producer in Chemung county in New York, 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 10175448
MRDS ID W020412
MAS/MILS ID 0360150005
Record type Site
Current site name Horseheads Pit
Alternate or previous names General Crushed Stone Co.
Related records 10074175

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.80965, 42.1583 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chemung(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseheads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chemung(hydrologic unit)

Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Chemung

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.80965, 42.1583

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 Lycoming Silica Sand Co.
    ID 3000975
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0360159004.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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 04/06/1993
MSHA mine ID3000975
Mine name (MSHA)Horseheads Plant
Current operatorHanson Aggregates New York Inc.
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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