Thurber Granite Pit

Producer in Marathon county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132228
MAS/MILS ID 0550730249
Record type Site
Current site name Thurber Granite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.68339, 44.9 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marathon(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wausau West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wausau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Green Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Dubay(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Marathon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Wausau Pluton; Granite near Nine Mile Swamp

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 Unknown
    Owner Thurber Granite
    ID 4702725
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-AUG-82 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)

StatusAbandoned since 06/28/1989
MSHA mine ID4702725
Mine name (MSHA)Thurber Granite Pit
Current operatorThurber Granite
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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