Southwestern Illinois Area Underclay

Occurrence in Madison county in Illinois, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082947
MRDS ID W062413
Record type Site
Current site name Southwestern Illinois Area Underclay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.05453, 38.63172 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Clair(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monks Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
002N 009W 12 SW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.05453, 38.63172

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1996 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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