Valley Hites Quarry

Past Producer in Dane county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Limestone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278050
MAS/MILS ID 0550250044
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Hites Quarry
Alternate or previous names Charles Stubley

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.74039, 43.1331 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dane(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Earth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wisconsin(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Dane

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.74039, 43.1331

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Charles Stubley
    ID 4702245
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-1982 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) 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 07/19/1979
MSHA mine ID4702245
Mine name (MSHA)Valley Hites Quarry
Current operatorValley Hites
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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