Forte Quarry

Producer in Crawford county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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 10156262
MAS/MILS ID 0550230023
Record type Site
Current site name Forte Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -91.10014, 43.35 (WGS84)
Elevation 195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Decorah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Crosse(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coon-Yellow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Crawford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -91.10014, 43.35

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 Edward Kraemer And Sons Inc.
    ID 4702406
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1982 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 02/22/1983
MSHA mine ID4702406
Mine name (MSHA)Forte Quarry
Current operatorEdward Kraemer & Sons Inc
Current controller (parent)Thomas D Kraemer; Scott Peterson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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