Wittman Pit

Producer in Sauk county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10254628
MAS/MILS ID 0551110021
Record type Site
Current site name Wittman Pit
Alternate or previous names Fred Bindl Limestone Products

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.1282, 43.3264 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sauk(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richland Center(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Crosse(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 Sauk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.1282, 43.3264

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 Fred Bindl Limestone Products
    ID 4700010
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-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 09/25/1986
MSHA mine ID4700010
Mine name (MSHA)Linns Quarry
Current operatorFred Bindl Limestone Products
Current controller (parent)Fred Bindl
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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