Duck Island Pit

Past Producer in Fulton 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145094
MAS/MILS ID 0170570001
Record type Site
Current site name Duck Island Pit
Alternate or previous names Duck Island Sand & Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.94649, 40.44473 (WGS84)
Elevation 131

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fulton(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duck Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Illinois-Lake Chautauqua(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Fulton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.94649, 40.44473

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 Duck Island Sand And Gravel
    ID 1101093
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10-31-79.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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 11/01/1996
MSHA mine ID1101093
Mine name (MSHA)DUCK ISLAND SAND & GRAVEL CO.
Current operatorDuck Island Sand & Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)Robert V Nolan
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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