Bliss's Coal Pit

Producer in Lenawee county in Michigan, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10194387
MAS/MILS ID 0260910018
Record type Site
Current site name Bliss's Coal Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.84989, 41.83061 (WGS84)
Elevation 312
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lenawee(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blissfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toledo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Toledo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raisin(hydrologic unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Lenawee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 007 S 005 E 32 N2NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Bedford Shale

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN,GEORGE,G,MICH GEOL SURV PUBL 36 1924 PP 309

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.