Felton Pit & Mill

Producer in Clay county in Minnesota, 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 10219503
MAS/MILS ID 0270270003
Record type Site
Current site name Felton Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -96.39454, 47.05718 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulen SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ada(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Forks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Wild Rice(hydrologic unit)

Upper Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 141 N 045 W 05 N2SE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -96.39454, 47.05718

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 Ames Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 2101274
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 9-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 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)

StatusIntermittent since 10/09/2008
MSHA mine ID2101274
Mine name (MSHA)Felton Pit & Mill
Current operatorNorthern Improvement Company
Current controller (parent)McCormick 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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