Earlham Quarry

Producer in Madison county in Iowa, United States with commodities Clay, 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 10159635
MAS/MILS ID 0191210001
Record type Site
Current site name Earlham Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -94.09193, 41.48611 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Earlham East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Creston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Omaha(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Raccoon(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 077 N 028 W 08 NE Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -94.09193, 41.48611

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 Operator
    Owner The Monarch Cement Co
    ID 1300113
    Home office Iowa

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIT EXTENDS INTO NW SEC 9

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1981 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT 1976 MADISON COUNTY MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 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 06/23/1986
MSHA mine ID1300113
Mine name (MSHA)Earlham Quarry
Current operatorMonarch Cement Company
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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