Ames Mine

Producer in Story county in Iowa, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266834
MAS/MILS ID 0191690006
Record type Site
Current site name Ames Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -93.60052, 42.07281 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Story(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ames East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ames(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Skunk(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Story

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 084 N 024 W 24 NWNWSW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Augusta Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. I. Sargent Quarries Inc.
    ID 1300014
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-1983 Igs / Dh 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)

StatusActive since 01/09/1976
MSHA mine ID1300014
Mine name (MSHA)AMES MINE
Current operatorMartin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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