Ober Quarry

Producer in La Crosse 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 10156841
MAS/MILS ID 0550630001
Record type Site
Current site name Ober Quarry
Alternate or previous names Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.11764, 43.7333 (WGS84)
Elevation 320

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Crosse(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coon Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Crosse(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 La Crosse

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.11764, 43.7333

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Edward Kraemer And Sons Inc.
    ID 4701839
    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 02/22/1983
MSHA mine ID4701839
Mine name (MSHA)Ober Quarry
Current operatorEdward Kraemer & Sons Inc
Current controller (parent)Thomas D Kraemer; Scott Peterson
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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