Bloomfield Shale Pit

Past Producer in Greene 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. 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 10217559
MAS/MILS ID 0180550004
Record type Site
Current site name Bloomfield Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.92859, 39.03085 (WGS84)
Elevation 162

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bloomington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Stephensport Group

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 Bloomfield Shale, Inc.
    ID 1200243

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 9.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT AUGUST 11, 1972.

  • Deposit

    SHALE IS MINED FROM THE MANSFIELD FORMATION.

  • 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.