Kidd Quarry

Producer in Newport county in Rhode Island, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10275130
MRDS ID W022286
MAS/MILS ID 0440050002
Record type Site
Current site name Kidd Quarry
Alternate or previous names Fish Road Quarry
Related records 10110607

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.18557, 41.62638 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newport(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fall River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Narragansett(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Newport

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Newport Group - Price Neck Formation

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 G. T. Kidd, Inc.
    ID 3700136
    Year 1980
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pca Construction Co.
    ID 3700136
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 4/25/74

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/24/80

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

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 09/03/1980
MSHA mine ID3700136
Mine name (MSHA)Fish Road Quarry
Current operatorGerald T Kidd Inc
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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