Baraga County Pits

Past Producer in Baraga county in Michigan, 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 10146495
MAS/MILS ID 0260130035
Record type Site
Current site name Baraga County Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.45425, 46.7556 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Baraga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.45425, 46.7556

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner R. H. Huhtal Sand And Gravel
    ID 2001046
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS THE CITY OF LANSE, MI

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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)

StatusIntermittent since 06/15/1979
MSHA mine ID2001046
Mine name (MSHA)PORTABLE CRUSHER #1
Current operatorR H Huhtala Aggregates, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Roland H Huhtala
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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