Love Quarry

Producer in Winneshiek 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. 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 10169970
MAS/MILS ID 0191910015
Record type Site
Current site name Love Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.07907, 43.1064 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Winneshiek(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waucoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charles City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Turkey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Winneshiek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 096 N 010 W 30 SWNW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.07907, 43.1064

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 Paul Niemann Const Co
    ID 1300158
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-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 07/22/1985
MSHA mine ID1300158
Mine name (MSHA)Love Quarry
Current operatorPaul Niemann Construction Company
Current controller (parent)James L Niemann
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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