Brown Pit #2

Producer in Columbia county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10229273
MAS/MILS ID 0550210015
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Pit #2
Alternate or previous names Baraboo Concrete Company, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.41398, 43.5058 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisconsin Dells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.41398, 43.5058

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 Yahara Materials Inc.
    ID 4701468
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-1982 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 08/02/2004
MSHA mine ID4701468
Mine name (MSHA)Brown Pit 2 #70
Current operatorBaraboo Concrete Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert H Brown
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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