Columbus Junction Underground Mine

Producer in Louisa 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242904
MAS/MILS ID 0191150001
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus Junction Underground Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -91.42014, 41.24782 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winfield North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Muscatine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Louisa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 074 N 005 W 03 NENW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -91.42014, 41.24782

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOM AND PILLAR OPERATION WORKING IN WASSONVILLE MEMBER OF

  • Deposit

    HAMPTON FORMATION

  • Deposit

    ENTRANCE IS FROM THE FLOOR OF AN OPEN QUARRY

  • Deposit

    OP:RIVER PRODUCTS CO.

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN. AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

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)

StatusNonProducing since 11/05/2025
MSHA mine ID1300194
Mine name (MSHA)Columbus Junction Underground Mine
Current operatorRiver Products Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Thomas R Scott
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (230 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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