Croft Sand Pit

Producer in Webster county in Iowa, 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 10218254
MAS/MILS ID 0191870040
Record type Site
Current site name Croft Sand Pit
Alternate or previous names Croft Sand and Gravelmid# 1300667

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -94.24444, 42.5269 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Webster(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Dodge North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Humboldt(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Dodge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Webster

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 089 N 029 W 14 W2NW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -94.24444, 42.5269

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 Fort Dodge Asphalt Co.
    ID 1301917
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Croft Ready Mix (Mid# 1300667)
    ID 1301917
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION INCLUDES TWO OTHER SMALL PITS IN SEC 14

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    USDA SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE, 1975, SOIL SURVEY OF WEBSTER

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, IOWA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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 06/28/2021
MSHA mine ID1301917
Mine name (MSHA)Croft Sand Pit
Current operatorFort Dodge Asphalt Co
Current controller (parent)Irving Jensen
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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