Buffalo Quarry

Producer in Scott county in Iowa, United States with commodities Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291614
MAS/MILS ID 0191630002
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.69932, 41.63031 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donahue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Wapsipinicon(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 Scott

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.69932, 41.63031

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 Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Cement-Midwest Division
    ID 1300125
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIT EXTENDS INTO SOUTH HALF OF SEC. 14

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABULATIONS 1973 OWN/OP: MARTIN MARIETTA CE

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)

StatusActive since 01/30/1975
MSHA mine ID1300125
Mine name (MSHA)Davenport Plant
Current operatorContinental Cement Company, LLC
Current controller (parent)Quikrete Holdings Inc.
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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