Cronkite Pit

Past Producer in Vermillion county in Indiana, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10217354
MAS/MILS ID 0181650009
Record type Site
Current site name Cronkite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.43331, 39.98503 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vermillion(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paris(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Wabash-Little Vermilion(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Vermillion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.43331, 39.98503

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Picket And Schuerer Co.
    ID 1201617
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-29-79

  • 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/09/1987
MSHA mine ID1201617
Mine name (MSHA)Perrysville Pit
Current operatorMid-America Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)Hugh Gallivan
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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