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Church Road Mine

Unknown in Barron county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10401216
Record type Site
Current site name Church Road Mine
Alternate or previous names CRM

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -92.01025, 45.32728 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position Church Road Mine or Pit is on east side of road in sec. 20.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barron(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Arland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stillwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stillwater(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Barron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 33N 13W 20 W2 of SW Wisconsin

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is in W2 of SW4 Sec. 20. "Ore" is moved by truck to a conveyor which passes under the road to the SE4 Sec. 19 where the Church Road Wet Plant is located. There is no mine in Sec. 19.
  • Church Road Wet Plant is in SE4 sec. 19, Arland Dry Plan is immediately to the west in SW4 of Sec. 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier friable clean quartz sand. Jordan is approx. 45 ft. thick at this location.
    Rock unit name Jordan Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -92.01025, 45.32728
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Superior Silica Sands
    Year 2014
  • Type Owner
    Owner Midwest Frac Sand
    Year 2015

Comments on the ownership information

  • Superior Silica Sands acquired this property relatively recently from Midwest Frac Sands (a local, one-man, operation).

Comments on development

  • Status-Operating (???) (FracTracker,2014)
  • Previous owner (Midwest Frac Sand) did 4 borings himself. He moved overburden, topsoil, operated in secrecy, and "made a mess." Superior Silica Sands makes a point of letting neighbors know when they will be blasting or making other disturbances.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    Wilson, Anna B., 2015, USGS Field notes.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Anna B. Wilson and Mary Ellen Benson, USGS Central Mineral Resources and Environmental Science Center, visited this site with Sharon Masek, Superior Silica Sands' Manager of Mine Planning and Industrial Relations on July 13, 2015.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2015-08-10 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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

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