Portage Quarry

Producer in Columbia county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10180807
MAS/MILS ID 0550210014
Record type Site
Current site name Portage Quarry
Alternate or previous names Martin Marietta Corp., Manley Sand, Div.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.41898, 43.5217 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisconsin Dells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Castle Rock(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.41898, 43.5217

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 Unknown
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co.
    ID 4700749
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1982 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) 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 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID4700749
Mine name (MSHA)Portage Plant
Current operatorCovia Solutions LLC
Current controller (parent)Covia Holdings LLC
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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