Mccausland Pit

Producer in Scott county in Iowa, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10145942
MAS/MILS ID 0191630011
Record type Site
Current site name Mccausland Pit
Alternate or previous names Schlofeldt Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.43431, 41.72861 (WGS84)
Elevation 187
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCausland(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 080 N 004 E 13 SE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

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 Le Claire Quarries,Inc.
    ID 1301625
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

  • Deposit

    IOWA ST HWY COMM AGGREGATE RESOURCE LISTING 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Reynolds 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 05/30/1985
MSHA mine ID1301625
Mine name (MSHA)Mc Causland Sand Plant #44
Current operatorMoline Consumers Company
Current controller (parent)Riverstone Group
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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