Buffington Cement Plant

Producer in Lake county in Indiana, United States with commodity Stone
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 10144599
MAS/MILS ID 0180899902
Record type Site
Current site name Buffington Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.41921, 41.63642 (WGS84)
Elevation 180

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiting(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Calumet-Galien(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.41921, 41.63642

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
    ID 1200424
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURVEY FILESD CARR DONALD D., 1975, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    PAGE 15.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3-12-81.

  • Deposit

    PLANT USES SLAG TO PRODUCE CEMENT.

  • 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 04/19/2000
MSHA mine ID1200424
Mine name (MSHA)LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO., BUFF
Current operatorLehigh Portland Cement Company
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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