Melpine Quarry

Past Producer in Muscatine 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281142
MAS/MILS ID 0191390016
Record type Site
Current site name Melpine Quarry
Alternate or previous names Old Hanson Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.93843, 41.52252 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Muscatine(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Copperas-Duck(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 Muscatine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 078 N 001 W 26 SWSWSW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -90.93843, 41.52252

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION

  • Deposit

    IOWA ST HWY COMM AGGREGATE RESOURCE LISTING 1977

  • Deposit

    IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT V. 9, 1898 P. 281-282

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Ck U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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