Birk No. 2 Pit

Producer in Alexander county in Illinois, United States with commodity Diatomite
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 10168957
MAS/MILS ID 0170030004
Record type Site
Current site name Birk No. 2 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.36677, 37.31177 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alexander(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Girardeau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mississippi-Cape Girardeau(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 Alexander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 014 S 002 W 07 NWNWSE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.36677, 37.31177

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tammsco Inc.
    ID 1100881
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY CODE 0999 IS TRIPOLI.

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

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 05/31/1984
MSHA mine ID1100881
Mine name (MSHA)Birk No 2 Pit
Current operatorTammsco Inc
Current controller (parent)Avitar Industries Inc
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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