Rankin Pit

Producer in Kewaunee county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10156772
MAS/MILS ID 0550610008
Record type Site
Current site name Rankin Pit
Alternate or previous names Kewaunee County Highway Dept.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.49921, 44.5025 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kewaunee(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Algoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sturgeon Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Manitowoc(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Door-Kewaunee(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Kewaunee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.49921, 44.5025

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 Kewaunee County Highway Department
    ID 4702023
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-OCT-1979 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 08/06/1982
MSHA mine ID4702023
Mine name (MSHA)North County Pits
Current operatorKewaunee County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Kewaunee County - WI
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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