St. Charles & Traveler Dredges

Past Producer in Madison county in Illinois, 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 10241736
MAS/MILS ID 0171190011
Record type Site
Current site name St. Charles & Traveler Dredges
Alternate or previous names Traveler Dredge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.2487, 38.91945 (WGS84)
Elevation 128

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Peruque-Piasa(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.2487, 38.91945

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Norbroco, Inc.
    ID 1101185
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA LIST, ILL GEOL SURVEY PRINTOUT.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10-4-79.

  • 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 03/31/1980
MSHA mine ID1101185
Mine name (MSHA)Dredge Traveler
Current operatorNorbroco Inc
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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