Western Brick Co. Shale Exposure

Occurrence in Vermilion county in Illinois, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217906
MAS/MILS ID 0171830010
Record type Site
Current site name Western Brick Co. Shale Exposure
Alternate or previous names Danville Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.68892, 40.10973 (WGS84)
Elevation 191
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vermilion(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Danville SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Vermilion(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Vermilion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 019 N 012 W 14 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.68892, 40.10973

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. A., LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE FROM ILL. SHALE, ILL.

  • Deposit

    STATE GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 290, 1960, PP. 27

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.