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Shawnee High Interest Sand & Gravel Deposit

Occurrence in Jackson county in Illinois, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091789
MRDS ID FS00224
Record type Site
Current site name Shawnee High Interest Sand & Gravel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.48868, 37.55757 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shawnee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Jackson
United States Illinois Union
United States Illinois Alexander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 011S 003W 06,18,31 Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • LARGE IRREGULAR AREA EXTENDING FROM T08S TO T15S ALONG MISS. R; LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR T11, R3, S18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.48868, 37.55757
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shawnee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PENNINGTON, DEAN. 1976, THE IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS ON THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH INTEREST SAND & GRAVEL DEPOSITS. LARGE IRREGULAR AREA EXTENDING FROM T08S TO T15S ALONG MISS. R. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Sierk, Betty M. Illinois State Geological Survey

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