Alpha Portland Cement Plant

Producer in St. Louis county in Missouri, 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. 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 10172383
MAS/MILS ID 0291890002
Record type Site
Current site name Alpha Portland Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -90.3265, 38.52835 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Webster Groves(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri St. Louis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -90.3265, 38.52835

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpha Portland Cement Co.
    ID 2300004
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 7/79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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 09/03/1982
MSHA mine ID2300004
Mine name (MSHA)St Louis Clay Pit & Plant
Current operatorAlpha Portland Cement Company
Current controller (parent)Alpha Portland Industries Inc
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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