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Houghton Crushed Stone Pit

Producer in Houghton county in Michigan, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218295
MAS/MILS ID 0260610092
Record type Site
Current site name Houghton Crushed Stone Pit
Alternate or previous names Houghton Co Crshd Stoneboston Pit, Boston Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.54175, 47.1639 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houghton(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hancock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hancock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Keweenaw Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Houghton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 055 N 033 W 18 C Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.54175, 47.1639
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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 George Hocking Const Co
    ID 2002247
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF/RESP_ID, 1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MSHA.DBF/RESP_ID LIST OF 1995 DOES NOT LIST #2002247.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-APR-1995 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 08/23/1985
MSHA mine ID2002247
Mine name (MSHA)Houghton County Crushed Stone
Current operatorGeorge Hocking Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Hocking Clarence
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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