New Albany Shale Exposure

Prospect in Union 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169343
MAS/MILS ID 0171810010
Record type Site
Current site name New Albany Shale Exposure

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.29367, 37.47287 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jonesboro(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 012 S 002 W 14 SENWSW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Muscatatuck Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE,W.A., LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE FROM ILL. SHALE,

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS STATE GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 2901,1960 PG. 27

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.