Shippensburg Quarry and Mill

Producer in Cumberland county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177597
MRDS ID W022025
MAS/MILS ID 0420410003
Record type Site
Current site name Shippensburg Quarry and Mill
Alternate or previous names Valley Quarries, Inc., Div. of New
Related records 10075449

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.47278, 40.08442 (WGS84)
Elevation 210

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Bottom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carlisle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Harrisburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susquehanna-Swatara(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.47278, 40.08442

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE: PENNDOT 1975 & MESA INSP.

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)

StatusIntermittent since 12/09/2024
MSHA mine ID3600260
Mine name (MSHA)SHIPPENSBURG QUARRY
Current operatorNew Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc.
Current controller (parent)New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1200 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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