Wilde Quarry

Producer in Mitchell 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 10218822
MAS/MILS ID 0191310008
Record type Site
Current site name Wilde Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.013, 43.3239 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mitchell(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grafton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cedar(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Mitchell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 098 N 018 W 07 SWNE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.013, 43.3239

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 Falk, L. R., Construction Co.
    ID 1301150
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LABELED AS GRAVEL PIT ON 7.5 MIN GRAFTON TOPO MAP

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

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 07/16/1985
MSHA mine ID1301150
Mine name (MSHA)Wilde Quarry
Current operatorL R Falk Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Lindsey R Falk
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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