Prairie Sand and Gravel Pit

Producer in Crawford county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10205545
MAS/MILS ID 0550230002
Record type Site
Current site name Prairie Sand and Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Prairie Sand and Gravel, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.15514, 43.0619 (WGS84)
Elevation 186

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crawford(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prairie du Chien(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Decorah(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 Crawford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.15514, 43.0619

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Prairie Sand And Gravel Inc.
    ID 4700917
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-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 08/28/2023
MSHA mine ID4700917
Mine name (MSHA)Portable Unit (Sand Plant)
Current operatorPrairie Sand and Gravel, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Blair E Dillman
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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