Helmer Pit

Past Producer in Columbia county in Wisconsin, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10302838
MAS/MILS ID 0550210019
Record type Site
Current site name Helmer Pit
Alternate or previous names Columbia County Highway Dept.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.23697, 43.5508 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Spring Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisconsin Dells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Cambrian, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Columbia County Highway Department
    ID 4701955
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-1982 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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