Ballou Pit and Plant

Producer in Woodbury county in Iowa, United States with commodity Clay
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 10218274
MAS/MILS ID 0191930001
Record type Site
Current site name Ballou Pit and Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -96.35861, 42.4078 (WGS84)
Elevation 334
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Woodbury(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sergeant Bluff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sioux City South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sioux City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackbird-Soldier(hydrologic unit)

Missouri-Little Sioux(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Little Sioux(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Woodbury

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 088 N 047 W 30 SWNE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -96.35861, 42.4078

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 Unknown
    Owner Ballou Brick Co.
    ID 1300336
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION INCLUDES ANOTHER CLAYPIT IN THE NE OF THE SE OF

  • Deposit

    SEC 30.

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REFERENCE

  • Deposit

    IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GUIDEBOOK, SERIES NO. 4, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Mm 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 02/21/1991
MSHA mine ID1300336
Mine name (MSHA)Ballou Pit And Plant
Current operatorBallou Brick Company
Current controller (parent)Sioux City Brick & Tile Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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