Meekins Quarry

Past Producer in Whiteside county in Illinois, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290693
MAS/MILS ID 0171950025
Record type Site
Current site name Meekins Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -91.96686, 41.80831 (WGS84)
Elevation 191

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iowa(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Amana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iowa City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

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

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Whiteside

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -91.96686, 41.80831

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 Whiteside Quarries Inc.
    ID 1100377
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS MORRISON, ILL.

  • Deposit

    ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINTOUT 1981 #195-246

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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 09/16/1985
MSHA mine ID1100377
Mine name (MSHA)Morrison Quarry
Current operatorAggrecon Corp
Current controller (parent)Jerry L Kinkead
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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