Van Wyngarden Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Jasper county in Iowa, United States with commodity Flagstone
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 10266922
MAS/MILS ID 0190990087
Record type Site
Current site name Van Wyngarden Sandstone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Old Kemper Quarry, Herwehe Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.0752, 41.57561 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jasper(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Skunk(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic accounting unit)

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

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Jasper

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 078 N 019 W 08 SENW Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.0752, 41.57561

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hallett Construction Co.
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IOWA ST. HWY COMM. AGGREGATE RESOURCE LISTING 1977

  • Deposit

    IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,ANNUAL REPORT 1913, VOL. 24, P. 357-359,

  • Deposit

    1904, VOL. 15, P. 320-321.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Igs / Dh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.