Precision Ceramics Plant

Plant in Miami county in Indiana, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290876
MAS/MILS ID 0181039901
Record type Site
Current site name Precision Ceramics Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -86.07436, 40.75142 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Miami(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peru(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logansport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Wabash(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Miami

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 027 N 004 E Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Wabash Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Precision Ceramics, Inc.
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAFFER, NELSON R. DIR. OF CLAY & SHALE PRODUCERS & CERAMIC

  • Deposit

    PLANTS. INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1976, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    PLANT PRODUCES PRE-FORMED CERAMIC CORES USING CLAY & SAND.

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.