C. Shrock Clay Pit

Past Producer in Porter 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 10193745
MAS/MILS ID 0181270005
Record type Site
Current site name C. Shrock Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.58471, 41.12722 (WGS84)
Elevation 194

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kankakee(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illiana Heights(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kankakee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kankakee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Porter

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 036 N 006 W 08 NESE Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Silurian System undivided

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 Lorenz Brothers, Inc.
    ID 1200246

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 22.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIANA, 1979,

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS MINED FROM LEACHED SANDY WISCONSINAN GLACIAL LAKE CL

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 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.