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Mount Clare, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montrose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52639. The Survey maps it on the Nauvoo quadrangle.

Mount Clare within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mount Clare: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort Madison Conversion Mo PlantMolybdenumProducer
Sandusky QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Montrose2.1 miles15
Bluff Park2.6 miles15
Summitville3.5 miles17
Bricker (historical)3.6 miles15
New Boston3.8 miles12
Galland4.4 miles15
Sandusky5.3 miles17
Mooar5.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464346. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.