Can-Tex Industries Ottumwa Pit

Producer in Wapello county in Iowa, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170176
MAS/MILS ID 0191790001
Record type Site
Current site name Can-Tex Industries Ottumwa Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.45158, 41.07362 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wapello(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ottumwa North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oskaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Des Moines(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Wapello

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 072 N 014 W 03 NE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.45158, 41.07362

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 Operator
    Owner Can-Tex Industries
    ID 1300349
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-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 06/15/1989
MSHA mine ID1300349
Mine name (MSHA)Midland Brick Company
Current operatorMidland Brick Company
Current controller (parent)Sherwood Patek; Bill Forsythe
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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