Windfall Sand and Gravel Pit

Producer in Tipton county in Indiana, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10290899
MAS/MILS ID 0181590001
Record type Site
Current site name Windfall Sand and Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Yeoman Materials Company, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.93856, 40.40583 (WGS84)
Elevation 259

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tipton(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greentown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Muncie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Muncie(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wildcat(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Tipton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.93856, 40.40583

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co., Central Division
    ID 1201007
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Yeoman Materials Co., Inc.
    ID 1201007

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE MICHAEL C., 1975, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 39.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT APRIL 11-14, 1972.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AT THE PIT SITE.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 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 04/30/1980
MSHA mine ID1201007
Mine name (MSHA)Windfall Sand & Gravel
Current operatorMartin Marietta Aggregates
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials 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