Red Granite Quarry

Producer in Marathon county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Granite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205648
MAS/MILS ID 0550730026
Record type Site
Current site name Red Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Sunburst Quarry, Mine and Metal Sales

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.55289, 45.0467 (WGS84)
Elevation 442

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marathon(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nutterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merrill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Dubay(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Marathon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.55289, 45.0467

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 Unknown
    Owner Monumental Sales And Manufacturing
    ID 4702255
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-OCT-1979 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) 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 06/10/1986
MSHA mine ID4702255
Mine name (MSHA)Sunburst Quarry Company Incorporated
Current operatorMonumental Sales & Manufacturing Company Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references