Ropes Hill Mine

Producer in U.S. Virgin Islands, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182089
MAS/MILS ID 0780010003
Record type Site
Current site name Ropes Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -64.85333, 17.71738 (WGS84)
Elevation 88
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Croix Island(county)

U.S. Virgin Islands(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Virgin Islands OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Croix(hydrologic unit)

Virgin Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Virgin Islands(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States U.S. Virgin Islands

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -64.85333, 17.71738

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner St. Croix Stone And Sand, Inc.
    ID 5500006
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCER LIST 11-4-82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-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 12/30/1999
MSHA mine ID5500006
Mine name (MSHA)ROBES HILL MINE
Current operatorSt Croix Stone & Sand Inc
Current controller (parent)Schierloh Richard
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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