Meachum Pit

Past Producer in Cook county in Illinois, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10121032
MAS/MILS ID 0170310033
Record type Site
Current site name Meachum Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.08003, 42.04001 (WGS84)
Elevation 185
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palatine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elgin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Des Plaines(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 041 N 010 E Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.08003, 42.04001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Doetsch Brothers
    ID 1101088
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9-19-73.

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCERS 1974, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81.

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.