Red Wing Sand & Gravel Co. Mine

Producer in Goodhue county in Minnesota, 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 10291855
MAS/MILS ID 0270490038
Record type Site
Current site name Red Wing Sand & Gravel Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -92.57209, 44.56059 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goodhue(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Wing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hastings(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Vermillion(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Goodhue

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 113 N 015 W 25 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -92.57209, 44.56059

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Red Wing Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 2101483
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Charleson Excavating, Inc, Owner Arnold Charleson
    ID 2101483
    Home office Minnesota

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-1979 Mtalaga 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 05/10/1985
MSHA mine ID2101483
Mine name (MSHA)Fields Pit
Current operatorNorth Star Asphalt Company
Current controller (parent)Hindermann Mark J & William A Fitzgerald
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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