Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 2

Occurrence in Alexander county in Illinois, United States with commodity Silica
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 10022766
MRDS ID FS00215
Record type Site
Current site name Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.30007, 37.3334 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alexander(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Girardeau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shawnee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Alexander
United States Illinois Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 014S 002W Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION EXTENDS INTO T13S AND T15S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Muscatatuck Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shawnee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PENNINGTON, DEAN. 1976, THE IMPORTANCE OF MINERALS ON THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Sierk, Betty M. Illinois State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.