Hoosierville Pit

Past Producer in Clay county in Indiana, United States with commodity Clay
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 10145128
MAS/MILS ID 0180210005
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosierville Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.1103, 39.47644 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Terre Haute(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eel(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.1103, 39.47644

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 Log Cabin Coal Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 6.

  • Deposit

    UNDERCLAY IS MINED FROM THE UPPER BLOCK UNDERCLAY.

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 01/13/1992
MSHA mine ID1202078
Mine name (MSHA)Hoosierville
Current operatorMarks Coal Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Graber Jesse Jr
Mine typeSurface (Coal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1216 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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