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Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Pulaski county in Illinois, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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  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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022769
MRDS ID FS00220
Record type Site
Current site name Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.96478, 37.28035 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pulaski(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karnak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Pulaski
United States Illinois Massac

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 014S 002E 21,22,23 Illinois

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = EVANSVILLE 1:250000; LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION IN THE GIVEN TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION AND 1:24000 QUADRANGLE IN PULASKI COUNTY ILLINOIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.96478, 37.28035
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-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)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW INTEREST REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSIT. EXTENDS INTO EIGHT TOWNSHIPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.

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