Erie Pit

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190260
MAS/MILS ID 80130285
Record type Site
Current site name Erie Pit
Alternate or previous names Bailey Gravel Pit (MAS 0080130090)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -105.0503, 40.04869 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Location is exceptionally poor. Current coordinates do not even plot in Boulder county, but they should.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weld(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Comments on the location information

  • Location completely uncertain. Somewhere in Boulder County. Detailed location information is NOT in the MSHA database.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -105.0503, 40.04869

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 Owner
    Owner Arlie F. Bailey
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner BAILEY CONCRETE PRODUCTS (1977)
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner C & M Sand & Gravel
    Year 1990
  • Type Unknown
    Owner David B. Nystrom
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA 5 5 76 MESA ID 0502546 (newMRDS 10190260 = 0080130285)

  • Deposit

    MSHA (MDRS (mine data Retrieval System))

  • Deposit

    MESA 5 5 76 MESA ID 0500934 (newMRDS 10287409 = 0080130090)

  • Deposit

    MESA 5 5 76 MESA ID 0502552 (newMRDS 10141585 = 0080130161)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Abandoned sometime prior to 10/23/1981 (MSHA 0502546). C&M Sand and Grvel was abondoned prior to 6/5/1990 (MSHA 0502552)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2013-12-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted 2 duplicate records after determining that MESA = MSHA.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/05/1990
MSHA mine ID0502552
Mine name (MSHA)Erie Pit
Current operatorC & M Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)David B Nystrom
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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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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