Middleboro Pit and Mill

Producer in Wayne county in Indiana, 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 10242422
MAS/MILS ID 0181770004
Record type Site
Current site name Middleboro Pit and Mill
Alternate or previous names Richmond Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.83072, 39.85283 (WGS84)
Elevation 317

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Paris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cincinnati(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater(hydrologic unit)

Great Miami(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Miami(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Wayne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.83072, 39.85283

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 Middleboro Stone Inc.
    ID 1200645
  • Type Unknown
    Owner De Bolt Inc.
    ID 1200645

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE MICHAEL C., 1975, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 42.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MARCH 15-16, 1972

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1974.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AT THE PIT SITE.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

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 11/13/1978
MSHA mine ID1200645
Mine name (MSHA)Middleboro Pit And Mill
Current operatorAmerican Aggregates Corp
Current controller (parent)Consolidated Gold Fields Limited
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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