George Root Pit

Past Producer in Tioga county in New York, 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 10184260
MAS/MILS ID 0361070018
Record type Site
Current site name George Root Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -76.55074, 42.0931 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tioga(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waverly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owego-Wappasening(hydrologic unit)

Upper Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Tioga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -76.55074, 42.0931

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 George Root Construction Co.
    ID 3002291
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

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 12/14/1979
MSHA mine ID3002291
Mine name (MSHA)George Root Pit
Current operatorGeorge Root Const Co
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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