Bacon Hill Sand Pit

Past Producer in Cecil county in Maryland, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218462
MRDS ID W019856
MAS/MILS ID 0240150021
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon Hill Sand Pit
Alternate or previous names Bacon Hill Sand
Related records 10073717

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.88104, 39.60642 (WGS84)
Elevation 37

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cecil(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chester-Sassafras(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Cecil

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.88104, 39.60642

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, JR., J., 1971, MARYLAND I.C. 11, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JUNE 11, 1973.

  • Deposit

    # MINE ASSOCIATED WITH BACON HILL SAND PLANT (0240159003).

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.