Lesher Pit

Producer in Wright county in Iowa, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145229
MAS/MILS ID 0191970012
Record type Site
Current site name Lesher Pit
Alternate or previous names Mccollough Pit, Woolstock Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.89243, 42.5786 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wright(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Grove SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iowa Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boone(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Wright

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 090 N 026 W 26 W2 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.89243, 42.5786

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Maudlin Const Co
    ID 1301850
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM 1981 RESPONDENT CONTROL FILE LISTS MCCOLLOUGH PIT AS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE, OP BY MAUDLIN CONST CO, MINE ID 1301166

  • Deposit

    USBM 1981 RESPONDENT CONTROL FILE LISTS AN ACTIVE LESHER PIT

  • Deposit

    OP BY MAUDLIN CONST CO WITH A DIFFERENT MINE ID

  • Deposit

    NO 1301654

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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 05/20/1985
MSHA mine ID1301850
Mine name (MSHA)Lesher Pit
Current operatorWeaver Construction Company
Current controller (parent)James W Weaver
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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