Fairbrother Pit

Past Producer in Waldo county in Maine, 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 10243014
MAS/MILS ID 0230270046
Record type Site
Current site name Fairbrother Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.85497, 44.55305 (WGS84)
Elevation 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Waldo(county)

Maine(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucksport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bangor(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Penobscot River(hydrologic unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic accounting unit)

Penobscot(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maine Waldo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.85497, 44.55305

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 Unknown
    Owner Robert Wardwell And Sons
    ID 1700480
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS PROSPECT ME

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79, STATUS=CLOSED AS OF 03-21-79.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 3-21-79

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 04/03/1979
MSHA mine ID1700480
Mine name (MSHA)Fairbrother Pit
Current operatorRobert Wardwell & Sons Inc
Current controller (parent)Wardwell Richard
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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