Swaledale Quarry and Pit

Past Producer in Cerro Gordo county in Iowa, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10145443
MAS/MILS ID 0190330021
Record type Site
Current site name Swaledale Quarry and Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.31741, 42.9706 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cerro Gordo(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swaledale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iowa Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Fork Cedar(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 094 N 021 W 10 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.31741, 42.9706

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Welp And Mc Carten, Inc.
    ID 1301102
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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 05/21/1981
MSHA mine ID1301102
Mine name (MSHA)Swaledale Quarry
Current operatorWelp & Mc Carten Inc
Current controller (parent)James W Weaver
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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