Vinton Quarry

Producer in Benton 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 10267493
MAS/MILS ID 0190110004
Record type Site
Current site name Vinton Quarry
Alternate or previous names Milroy-Vinton Quarry, Milroy Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -91.99876, 42.18251 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Point NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anamosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubuque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cedar(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 Benton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 085 N 010 W 10 S2 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Cedar Valley Group

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 B. L. Anderson Inc.
    ID 1301399
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES SMALL QUARRY IN SEC 15 AND 2 SMALL QUARRIES IN SEC

  • Deposit

    10

  • Deposit

    SOLON AND RAPID MEMBERS OF CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1982 METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    IOWA DOT GEN AGGREGATE SOURCE INFO 1981

  • Deposit

    IOWA ST HWY COMM AGGREGATE RESOURCE LISTING 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Igs / Ck 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 07/10/1985
MSHA mine ID1301399
Mine name (MSHA)Vinton Quarry
Current operatorB L Anderson 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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External references