Babcock Quarry

Producer in Jasper 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. 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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144896
MAS/MILS ID 0180730004
Record type Site
Current site name Babcock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.1453, 40.93172 (WGS84)
Elevation 195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jasper(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rensselaer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watseka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Iroquois(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Jasper

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.1453, 40.93172

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 W. C. Babcock Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 1200005

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PAGE 14.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MAY 20, 1971 AND

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 27, 1973.

  • Deposit

    THE MILL IS LOCATED AT THE QUARRY SITE.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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 01/15/2017
MSHA mine ID1200005
Mine name (MSHA)Babcock Quarry
Current operatorHanson Material Service
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
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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