Mason City Sand Pit & Plant

Producer in Cerro Gordo 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. 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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120964
MAS/MILS ID 0190330014
Record type Site
Current site name Mason City Sand Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.21191, 43.1881 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cerro Gordo(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mason City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mason City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Winnebago(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Cerro Gordo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.21191, 43.1881

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 Weaver Construction Co.
    ID 1300776
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OP:WEAVER CONSTR CO.

  • Deposit

    USDA SCS 1981 SOIL SURVEY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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 01/24/1992
MSHA mine ID1300776
Mine name (MSHA)Mason City Sand
Current operatorMartin Marietta Corp
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeFacility (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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