Nielsen Pit

Producer in Wright 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 10242978
MAS/MILS ID 0191970016
Record type Site
Current site name Nielsen Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.74412, 42.63 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wright(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iowa Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boone(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Wright

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 090 N 025 W 12 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.74412, 42.63

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Giese Constco., Inc
    ID 1301958
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP FORM GIVES LOCATION AS 7 MI S OF CLARION ON CO RD

  • Deposit

    R-38, 1/2 MI W ON GRAVEL ROAD

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1980 MINE INSPECTION FORM NO 1 INSP DATE 9-30-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Dh 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 08/29/1986
MSHA mine ID1301958
Mine name (MSHA)Nielsen Pit
Current operatorGiese Construction Company Inc
Current controller (parent)William H Giese
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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