Comet Pit

Past Producer in Greene county in Indiana, United States with commodities Clay, Coal
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 10169252
MAS/MILS ID 0180550005
Record type Site
Current site name Comet Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.0503, 39.02565 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Switz City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Terre Haute(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Coal Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.0503, 39.02565

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 Comet Coal Co.
    ID 1200250

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 10.

  • Deposit

    UNDERCLAY AND COAL ARE MINED FROM THE STAUNTON FORMATION.

  • 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.