Forsyth County Pits

Past Producer in Forsyth county in North Carolina, 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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272978
MAS/MILS ID 0370670008
Record type Site
Current site name Forsyth County Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -80.04558, 36.01619 (WGS84)
Elevation 295
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Forsyth(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kernersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Forsyth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -80.04558, 36.01619

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner North Carolina Department Of Transportation, Div. Of Highways
    ID 3100316
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP-1978.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID3100316
Mine name (MSHA)Forsyth County Mine
Current operatorN C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways
Current controller (parent)State Of North Carolina
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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