Herring Pit

Past Producer in Washington county in Vermont, 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 10179716
MRDS ID W023088
MAS/MILS ID 0500230006
Record type Site
Current site name Herring Pit
Alternate or previous names Kenneth Weston
Related records 10076164

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.6214, 44.22917 (WGS84)
Elevation 177

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barre West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montpelier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Northfield Formation

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 Francis W. Herring
    ID 4300238

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLOSED AS OF 09/19/78

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID4300238
Mine name (MSHA)Herring Pit
Current operatorFrancis W Herring
Current controller (parent)Herring Francis W
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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