Essers Pit

Producer in Dane county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132183
MAS/MILS ID 0550250016
Record type Site
Current site name Essers Pit
Alternate or previous names Northwestern Construction Co., Inc., Fasbind Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.53368, 43.0925 (WGS84)
Elevation 296

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dane(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middleton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rock(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Dane

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.53368, 43.0925

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 Northwestern Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 4700901
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1982 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 07/23/1984
MSHA mine ID4700901
Mine name (MSHA)Fassbind Pit
Current operatorNorthwestern Construction Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard C Bakken
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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