Wiles Sand Pit

Producer in Trego county in Kansas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10194015
MAS/MILS ID 0201950002
Record type Site
Current site name Wiles Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -99.91041, 38.82003 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trego(county)

Kansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Downer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hays(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Great Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Smoky Hill(hydrologic unit)

Smoky Hill(hydrologic accounting unit)

Smoky Hill(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kansas Trego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014 S 023 W 20 W2 Kansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -99.91041, 38.82003

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 Siebert Sand Co.
    ID 1400843
    Home office Kansas
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSPECTION DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Miller 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 03/17/1986
MSHA mine ID1400843
Mine name (MSHA)Wiles Pit
Current operatorAllied Inc
Current controller (parent)Grant Stannard
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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