De Pontes Topsoil Pit

Past Producer in Barnstable county in Massachusetts, 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 10194737
MAS/MILS ID 0250010011
Record type Site
Current site name De Pontes Topsoil Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.56885, 41.58578 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barnstable(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Falmouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cape Cod(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Barnstable

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.56885, 41.58578

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 Operator
    Owner De Pontes Topsoil
    ID 1900942
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS, ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0250019011

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 07/02/1980
MSHA mine ID1900942
Mine name (MSHA)De Pontes Topsoil Pit And Plant
Current operatorDe Pontes Topsoil
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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