Mo-Keta Stone Quarry

Producer in Jackson 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 10193279
MAS/MILS ID 0190970011
Record type Site
Current site name Mo-Keta Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Foster Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.84153, 42.18281 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
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

Leisure Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maquoketa(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 085 N 001 E 09 NESE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -90.84153, 42.18281

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 Becker And Becker Stone Co.
    ID 1301719
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    IOWA ST HWY COMM AGGREGATE RESOURCE LISTING 1977

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 06/27/2019
MSHA mine ID1301719
Mine name (MSHA)Mo-Keta Stone Quarry
Current operatorBecker & Becker Stone Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Fred Becker
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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