Marquette Cement Plant

Past Producer in Polk county in Iowa, 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 10145633
MAS/MILS ID 0191530002
Record type Site
Current site name Marquette Cement Plant
Alternate or previous names Gulf & Western

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -93.68912, 41.55641 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Des Moines SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Raccoon(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -93.68912, 41.55641

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co.
    ID 1301722

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILES 7-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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 10/13/1995
MSHA mine ID1301722
Mine name (MSHA)Des Moines Plant
Current operatorMonarch Cement Company
Mine typeFacility (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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