Leary's Pit & Mill

Past Producer in Hancock county in Indiana, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169435
MAS/MILS ID 0180590001
Record type Site
Current site name Leary's Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Leary's Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.75996, 39.81503 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Castle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cincinnati(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Driftwood(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Hancock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 016 N 007 E 21 S2SESW Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Muscatatuck Group

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 Operator
    Owner Leary'S Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 1201296
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE MICHAEL C., 1975, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 20.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT AUGUST 29, 1974.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PIT AND A MILL.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 1978

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

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 12/31/1996
MSHA mine ID1201296
Mine name (MSHA)LEARY'S PIT AND MILL
Current operatorLeary'S Gravel Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Leary Robert
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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