Twincities Silica Pit & Mill

Past Producer in Washington county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122154
MAS/MILS ID 0271630002
Record type Site
Current site name Twincities Silica Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.8808, 44.92499 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Elmo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hastings(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Twin Cities(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 028 N 021 W 01 W2W2 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.8808, 44.92499

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Twin City Silica, Ltd.
    ID 2101150
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS OWN/OP: TWIN CITIES SILICA

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION SHEETS

  • Deposit

    REVISION BY MILS 1979

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)

StatusAbandoned since 10/28/2010
MSHA mine ID2101150
Mine name (MSHA)Twin City Silica Pit & Mill
Current operatorBlack Diamond Granules Inc
Current controller (parent)Bruce D Haslerud
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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