Economy Pit

Producer in Stephenson county in Illinois, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10120656
MAS/MILS ID 0171770108
Record type Site
Current site name Economy Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.65759, 42.32501 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stephenson(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Freeport West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecatonica(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Stephenson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 027 N 007 E 23 S2NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.65759, 42.32501

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Economy Excavating And Crushing Co.
    ID 1102744
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 6-18-81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/21/2016
MSHA mine ID1102744
Mine name (MSHA)Heine Quarry (Portable)
Current operatorFischer Excavating Inc
Current controller (parent)Wayne V Fischer; Joe L. Fischer
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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