Nellis Limestone Quarry

Producer in Fond du Lac county in Wisconsin, 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. 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 10277802
MAS/MILS ID 0550390025
Record type Site
Current site name Nellis Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Green Lake Ready Mix Company, Ripon Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.85836, 43.8431 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fond du Lac(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ripon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fond du Lac(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Fox(hydrologic unit)

Fox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Fond du Lac

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.85836, 43.8431

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 Green Lake Ready Mix
    ID 4700124
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1979 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 09/17/1982
MSHA mine ID4700124
Mine name (MSHA)Ripon Quarry
Current operatorGreen Lake Ready Mix Company
Current controller (parent)Meilahn Wesley & Inland Trucking Company
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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