Salem Pit

Past Producer in Winnebago county in Illinois, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10145013
MAS/MILS ID 0172010090
Record type Site
Current site name Salem Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.33947, 42.46941 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Winnebago(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durand(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sugar(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Winnebago

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 029 N 010 E 34 S2NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.33947, 42.46941

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 Winnebago County Highway Department
    ID 1102717
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3-18-80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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 08/05/1981
MSHA mine ID1102717
Mine name (MSHA)Saelens Pit
Current operatorWinnebago County Highway Department
Current controller (parent)Winnebago County-Il
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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