Blue Rapids Mine & Mill

Producer in Marshall county in Kansas, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291761
MAS/MILS ID 0201170004
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Rapids Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -96.64471, 39.71812 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marshall(county)

Kansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blue Rapids(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Big Blue(hydrologic unit)

Big Blue(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kansas(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kansas Marshall

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -96.64471, 39.71812

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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 03/21/1973
MSHA mine ID1400309
Mine name (MSHA)Blue Rapids Mine and Mill
Current operatorGP Industrial Plasters LLC
Current controller (parent)Koch Industries Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1257 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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