Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Shale Pit

Past Producer in Ontonagon county in Michigan, United States with commodity Clay
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305772
MAS/MILS ID 0261310039
Record type Site
Current site name Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.64122, 41.21812 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aledo East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aledo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Davenport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Henderson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Ontonagon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 014 N 002 W 08 SWNW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.64122, 41.21812

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STATE GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 290, 1960, PP. 24

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.