Van Buren County Quarry

Producer in Van Buren county in Iowa, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242732
MAS/MILS ID 0191770006
Record type Site
Current site name Van Buren County Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.01826, 40.75812 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Van Buren(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Douds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Centerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Centerville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Des Moines(hydrologic unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic accounting unit)

Des Moines(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Van Buren

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 069 N 010 W 21 SW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.01826, 40.75812

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Van Buren County Highway Department
    ID 1300222
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ST. LOUIS FORMATION

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Dh 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 10/19/1982
MSHA mine ID1300222
Mine name (MSHA)Van Buren County Quarry
Current operatorVan Buren County Highway Department
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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