John W. Karch Quarry

Producer in Mercer county in Ohio, 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. 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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224715
MRDS ID W021601
MAS/MILS ID 0391070001
Record type Site
Current site name John W. Karch Quarry
Alternate or previous names John W. Karch Stone Company
Related records 10075149

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.65572, 40.53193 (WGS84)
Elevation 264

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erastus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Muncie(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wabash(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Mercer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Salina Group

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 John W. Karch Stone
    ID 3300087

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT NOVEMBER 14-16, 197

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL.

  • Deposit

    RCF, CMS & MSHA LISTS 1981; MSHA LIST 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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)

StatusIntermittent since 09/12/2014
MSHA mine ID3300087
Mine name (MSHA)Celina Quarry
Current operatorStoneco Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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