Currans Pit

Producer in Schoolcraft county in Michigan, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10219292
MAS/MILS ID 0261530008
Record type Site
Current site name Currans Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.06666, 46.0667 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Schoolcraft(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merwin Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Munising(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Schoolcraft

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 042 N 014 W 04 C Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.06666, 46.0667

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 Operator
    Owner Schnurer Excavators Inc
    ID 2002374
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE

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 11/09/1982
MSHA mine ID2002374
Mine name (MSHA)Currans Pit
Current operatorSchnurer Excavators Inc
Current controller (parent)Schnurer Jesse D
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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