East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co.

Plant in Lake county in Indiana, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite
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 10193872
MAS/MILS ID 0180899911
Record type Site
Current site name East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -87.46331, 41.64032 (WGS84)
Elevation 180

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiting(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Calumet-Galien(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 037 N 009 W Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Perlite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -87.46331, 41.64032

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 Wash

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    ID 1200428
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIANA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES, 1-8-79.

  • 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.