Johnson Pit and Mill

Producer in Cook county in Minnesota, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122181
MAS/MILS ID 0270310021
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Pit and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.41402, 47.7389 (WGS84)
Elevation 221

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Good Harbor Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Marais(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Two Harbors(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Baptism-Brule(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Superior National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 061 N 001 W 26 NESW Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.41402, 47.7389

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edwin E Thoreson Inc
    ID 2100509
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Minnesota
    ID 2100509
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Weaton, G. 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 09/16/1985
MSHA mine ID2100509
Mine name (MSHA)Johnson Pit
Current operatorEdwin E Thoreson Inc
Current controller (parent)Randi T Nelson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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