Agate Quarry

Producer in Big Stone county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146377
MAS/MILS ID 0270110001
Record type Site
Current site name Agate Quarry
Alternate or previous names Cold Spring Granite Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.41753, 45.27138 (WGS84)
Elevation 308

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Stone(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ortonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milbank(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Milbank(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Minnesota(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Big Stone

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.41753, 45.27138

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLD SPRING GRANITE COMPANY 1978

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)

StatusIntermittent since 11/13/2024
MSHA mine ID2100013
Mine name (MSHA)Agate Quarry
Current operatorCold Spring Granite Company
Current controller (parent)Patrick Alexander; Michael O'Connor
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (605 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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