Madison County Fireclay

Prospect in Madison county in Illinois, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120512
MAS/MILS ID 0171190002
Record type Site
Current site name Madison County Fireclay
Alternate or previous names Cheltenham Clay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.04369, 38.69975 (WGS84)
Elevation 145

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(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
3rd Principal 003 N 009 W 24 NWNW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Unknown
Illite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.04369, 38.69975

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 17702M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sw Ill Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967.

  • Deposit

    WILLMAN H.B. AND JR NORMAN PAYNE ILLINOIS GEOL. SURV. BULL.

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974.

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. ET.AL. BUMINES R.I. 6927 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/UNDER CLAY DEPOSIT-MINING BENEFICIATION AND TRANS ON RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY A LOCATION DESCRIPTION WIT RIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD COORDINATORS FOR ALUMIN ENDING MARCH 15 1975. RECORD 030/LOCATION IS THE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT. RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWI MINUTE QUADRANGLES-ELSAH-ALTON-BETHALTO-PRAIRETOWN-COLUMBIA WOOD RIVER-EDWARDS-GRANITE CITY- MONKS MOUND- AND COLLINSVIL RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE FOLLOWING MINOR DRAINAG 24-T AND 24-V. SEB U.S.G.S. CATALOG OF INFORMATION ON WATER APS SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER QUALITY STATIONS. MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE AND TONS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTU MATRIX RECORD I COMMODITIES 6-10/THESE COMMODITIES ARE PRESE PERCENTAGES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.