Skiles Pit

Unknown in Clinton 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290670
MAS/MILS ID 0180230003
Record type Site
Current site name Skiles Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -86.57498, 40.40783 (WGS84)
Elevation 220
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rossville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lafayette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wildcat(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Clinton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 023 N 001 W 30 N2SW Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -86.57498, 40.40783

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Engineering Aggregates Co.
    ID 1201696
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LIST 11-23-79.

  • Deposit

    STATUS & LOCATION BY MSHA.

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 02/05/1981
MSHA mine ID1201696
Mine name (MSHA)Skiles Pit
Current operatorEngineering Aggregates Corp
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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