Plummer Pit and Mill

Producer in Itasca county in Minnesota, 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 10195277
MAS/MILS ID 0270610041
Record type Site
Current site name Plummer Pit and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.37053, 47.30579 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Itasca(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calumet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pokegama Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prairie-Willow(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Itasca

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 056 N 024 W 27 SWNE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -93.37053, 47.30579

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 Komatz Constr Co
    ID 2102495
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mesabi Cliffs Iron Co
    ID 2102495
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ITASCA COUNTY ASSESSOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Weaton, G. 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 01/01/1979
MSHA mine ID2102495
Mine name (MSHA)Plummer Pit And Mill
Current operatorKomatz Construction Inc
Current controller (parent)Komatz Tom P
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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