Anderson Pit

Producer in Ashland county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Stone
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 10204277
MAS/MILS ID 0550030100
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.61263, 46.3083 (WGS84)
Elevation 378

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashland(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Whittlesey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bad-Montreal(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Ashland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.61263, 46.3083

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 Ashland County Highway Department
    ID 4702653
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS HIGH RIDGE, WI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 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 08/22/1985
MSHA mine ID4702653
Mine name (MSHA)Anderson Pit
Current operatorAshland County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Ashland 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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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