Franklin Quarry

Producer in Milwaukee county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156299
MAS/MILS ID 0550790002
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Quarry
Alternate or previous names Vulcan Materials Co., Midwest Div., Franklin Qy No 306 and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.98533, 42.91221 (WGS84)
Elevation 215

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Milwaukee(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greendale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Racine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Racine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pike-Root(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Milwaukee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Silurian, undivided

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 Vulcan Materials Co. Midwest Division
    ID 4700216
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1982 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 01/23/2014
MSHA mine ID4700216
Mine name (MSHA)Franklin Aggregates
Current operatorPayne & Dolan, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Kurt Bechthold
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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