Logan Clay Shale Pit

Producer in Montgomery county in Indiana, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193652
MAS/MILS ID 0181070007
Record type Site
Current site name Logan Clay Shale Pit
Alternate or previous names Bob Romas Shale Pit, R. Froderman Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -86.88169, 40.06673 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crawfordsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lafayette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sugar(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Montgomery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 019 N 004 W 28 NWNW Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -86.88169, 40.06673

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Logan Clay Products Co.
    ID 1200990
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LAT/LON MINE LIST 11-24-80.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10-12-79.

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LIST 7-26-78.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 10-10-72.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 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 07/30/1981
MSHA mine ID1200990
Mine name (MSHA)Logan Clay Shale Pit
Current operatorLogan Clay Products Company
Current controller (parent)Barton S Holl; Richard H Brandt
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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