What Cheer Clay Products Co. Pits

Past Producer in Keokuk county in Iowa, United States with commodities Clay, Bituminous
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145410
MAS/MILS ID 0191070079
Record type Site
Current site name What Cheer Clay Products Co. Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.34827, 41.39111 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Keokuk(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

What Cheer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oskaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Des Moines(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Skunk(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Keokuk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 076 N 013 W 15 Iowa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Bituminous Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.34827, 41.39111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner What Cheer Clay Products Co.
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ANNUAL REPORTS 1940-41, VOL. 38, P. 315.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION INCLUDES PITS IN SEC. 15, SE SEC. 10, SW SEC. 14,

  • Deposit

    NE SEC. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Igs / Dh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.