Beecher West Dubuque Quarry

Past Producer in Dubuque county in Iowa, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120725
MAS/MILS ID 0190610002
Record type Site
Current site name Beecher West Dubuque Quarry
Alternate or previous names Simpson Furnace Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.77182, 42.53141 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dubuque(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherrill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grant-Little Maquoketa(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Dubuque

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 089 N 002 E 07 SESW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -90.77182, 42.53141

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beecher Quarries Ltd.
    ID 1300008
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1983 Igs / Dh 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 07/03/1985
MSHA mine ID1300008
Mine name (MSHA)Asbury Quarry
Current operatorTschiggfrie Stone Company
Current controller (parent)Edward D Tschiggfrie
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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