Cockburn Pit

Producer in Woodbury county in Iowa, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10291391
MAS/MILS ID 0191930004
Record type Site
Current site name Cockburn Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -95.82839, 42.4392 (WGS84)
Elevation 340
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Woodbury(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Correctionville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ida Grove(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Dodge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Sioux(hydrologic unit)

Missouri-Little Sioux(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Little Sioux(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Woodbury

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 088 N 043 W 15 NE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -95.82839, 42.4392

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 Peters Construction Co.
    ID 1301842
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-SEP-1982 Reynolds 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 07/08/1985
MSHA mine ID1301842
Mine name (MSHA)Cock Burn Pit
Current operatorPeters Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Bill L Peters
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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