Turner Sand Pit

Producer in Jackson 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 10169876
MAS/MILS ID 0190970016
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.1857, 42.10031 (WGS84)
Elevation 178
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Savanna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Apple-Plum(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish 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 Iowa Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 084 N 007 E 07 SWNE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -90.1857, 42.10031

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpha Crushed Stone Inc.
    ID 1301278
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

  • Deposit

    IOWA ST HWY COMM AGGREGATE RESOURCE LISTING 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Igs / Ck 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 07/09/1985
MSHA mine ID1301278
Mine name (MSHA)Turner Sand Pit
Current operatorAggrecon Corp
Current controller (parent)Jerry L Kinkead
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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