Cerro Gordo County Pits

Unknown in Cerro Gordo 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290791
MAS/MILS ID 0190330029
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Gordo County Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -93.20101, 43.1472 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cerro Gordo(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mason City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Winnebago(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 Cerro Gordo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 096 N 020 W 10 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -93.20101, 43.1472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cerro Gordo County Highway Department
    ID 1301747
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWN OF MASON CITY IS POINT OF REFERENCE

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REFERENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Mm 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 10/19/1982
MSHA mine ID1301747
Mine name (MSHA)Nora Sprngs Qry/Forbes Pit/Cerro Gordo C
Current operatorCerro Gordo County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Cerro Gordo County-Ia
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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