Big Portage Lake Gravel Pit

Occurrence in Vilas county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254242
MAS/MILS ID 0551250077
Record type Site
Current site name Big Portage Lake Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.28318, 46.1122 (WGS84)
Elevation 526
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vilas(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stormy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wakefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wisconsin(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Vilas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 042 N 010 E 17 SWSWSW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.28318, 46.1122

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SITE EXTENDS INTO THE NWNW OF SECT. 20,

  • Deposit

    WHICH IS COUNTY OWNED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 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.