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Waterloo South Quarry

Past Producer in Black Hawk county in Iowa, United States with commodities Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081994
MRDS ID W044482
Record type Site
Current site name Waterloo South Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.29711, 42.35473 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Black Hawk(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshalltown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cedar(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Black Hawk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cedar Valley
    Rock description Cedar Valley
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.29711, 42.35473
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • N85<ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN CARBONATE ROCKS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION, LOCALIZED ALONG JOINT AND BEDDING PLANE FRACTURES, IN BRECCIA, AND IN VUGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < ANDERSON, W. I., AND GARVIN, P. L., 1984, THE CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION (DEVONIAN), BLACK HAWK AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES: CARBONATE FACIES AND MINERALIZATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA GUIDEBOOK 42, 47 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<NOT REGARDED AS A MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE OCCURRENCE. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SW 1/4 SEC. 18, T. 87 N., R. 12 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Miller, M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 03/16/2009
MSHA mine ID1302173
Mine name (MSHA)Waterloo South Quarry
Current operatorBMC Aggregates LC
Current controller (parent)Manatts Enterprises; Cedar Valley Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (421 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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