Coots Sand Plant

Producer in Benton county in Iowa, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290421
MAS/MILS ID 0190110009
Record type Site
Current site name Coots Sand Plant
Alternate or previous names Mt. Auburn Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.06187, 42.21691 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshalltown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cedar(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

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

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Benton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 086 N 010 W 31 SW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.06187, 42.21691

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coots Materials Co.
    ID 1300664
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LABELED AS QUARRY ON VINTON QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF.

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN. AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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)

StatusIntermittent since 01/01/1979
MSHA mine ID1300664
Mine name (MSHA)Sand Plant Dept 488
Current operatorWendling Quarries, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Manaco Corporation
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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