Tower Quarry

Producer in Crawford county in Indiana, 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. 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. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144894
MAS/MILS ID 0180250001
Record type Site
Current site name Tower Quarry
Alternate or previous names Crawford County Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.32497, 38.27336 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milltown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jasper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue-Sinking(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio-Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Crawford

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 003 S 008 W 08 W2NWNE Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.32497, 38.27336

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.
    ID 1201438
    Interest 100
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1995
    First year 1986
    Last year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bloomington Crushed Stone Inc.
    ID 1201438
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1978
    First year 1978
    Last year 1986

Comments on the ownership information

  • NEW NAME AND COMPANY FROM MSHA.DBF, 02/95 STADATE AS OF 05/86. LAST TIME FILE UPDATED, 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AULT CURTIS H. AND CARR DONALD D., 1975, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    PAGE 9.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 28, 1975.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 2-5-80.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 02/95..

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1995 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)

StatusActive since 12/05/2011
MSHA mine ID1201438
Mine name (MSHA)Tower Quarry
Current operatorMulzer Crushed Stone Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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