Colchester Pit

Past Producer in McDonough county in Illinois, United States with commodity Clay
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 10144690
MAS/MILS ID 0171090003
Record type Site
Current site name Colchester Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.81012, 40.45033 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McDonough(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Macomb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burlington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

La Moine(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois McDonough

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.81012, 40.45033

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Booz And Co.
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MALHOTRA, R. & SMITH, P.A., DIR OF ILL MIN PROD, 1974, P. 78

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.

External references