Northern Illinois Area Fireclay

Unknown in Grundy county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082944
MRDS ID W062410
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Illinois Area Fireclay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.32198, 41.45946 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grundy(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minooka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Grundy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N 008E 4 NE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Galena Group (Trenton Limestone)

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1844

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1996 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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