La Salle County Fire Clay

Past Producer in La Salle county in Illinois, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168793
MAS/MILS ID 0170990001
Record type Site
Current site name La Salle County Fire Clay
Alternate or previous names Cheltenham Clay of No 2 Coal

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.63445, 41.41862 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Salle(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Serena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois La Salle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 034 N 005 E 15 C E2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Unknown
Illite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Carbondale Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Area 28495HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 28495
    Date of Last Modification 800410

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Northern Illinois

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    WILLMAN H.B. AND J. NORMAN PAYNE ILLINOIS GEOL. SUR. BULL. 6

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. ET.AL. BUMINES R.I. 6927

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/UNDER CLAY DEPOSIT IN ACTIVE MINING AREA-MINING B ATION AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY A LO DESCRIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD C TORS FOR ALUMINA STUDY ENDING MARCH 15 1975. RECORD 030/LOCATION IS THE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT. RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THESE 7.5 & UTE QUADS./LADD-TROY GROVE-PRAIRIE CENTER-WEDROW-SERENA-STAV ENECA-MARSEILLES-OTTAWA-STARVED ROCK-LA SALLE- SPRING VALLEY -STREATOR-ODELL. RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE FOLLOWING MINOR DRAINAG 24-D 24-E 24-F AND 24-I SEE U.S.G.S. CATALOG OF INFORMATIO TER DATA-MAPS SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER QUALITY STATIONS MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE & TONS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.