Hornbastel Shale Exposure

Prospect in Randolph county in Illinois, United States with commodity Clay
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169296
MAS/MILS ID 0171570021
Record type Site
Current site name Hornbastel Shale Exposure

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.70338, 37.95646 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Welge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mississippi-Cape Girardeau(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Randolph

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 007 S 005 W 06 NWNWSW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.A., LISGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE FROM ILL. SHALE,

  • Deposit

    ILL STATE GEOL. SURV. CIRCULAR 290. 1960, PAGE 25

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.