Feltes Pit No. 6

Producer in Kane county in Illinois, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144688
MAS/MILS ID 0170890031
Record type Site
Current site name Feltes Pit No. 6

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.37834, 41.74671 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kane(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yorkville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Fox(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Kane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 037 N 007 E 25 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Silurian System undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Fletes Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 1102356
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9-10-79.

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 11-24-80.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 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 10/23/1989
MSHA mine ID1102356
Mine name (MSHA)Screening Portable
Current operatorFeltes Sand & Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)Timothy J Feltes
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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