Wirth Quarry

Past Producer in Clinton 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242759
MAS/MILS ID 0190450132
Record type Site
Current site name Wirth Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.74792, 42.00081 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maquoketa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubuque South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maquoketa(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Clinton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 083 N 002 E 07 C NE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -90.74792, 42.00081

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpha Crushed Stone Inc.
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IOWA COUNTY MINE LOCATION MAPS IN IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Igs / Dh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.