Dickerson Pit

Producer in Vermillion 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 10170115
MAS/MILS ID 0181650007
Record type Site
Current site name Dickerson Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -87.44831, 39.98173 (WGS84)
Elevation 157
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Vermillion(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paris(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Wabash-Little Vermilion(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Vermillion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 018 N 009 W 21 SWSWSW Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -87.44831, 39.98173

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Engineering Construction Corp
    ID 1201522
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 12/18/1978
MSHA mine ID1201522
Mine name (MSHA)Dickerson Pit And Mill
Current operatorEngineering Construction Corp
Current controller (parent)Engineering Aggregates Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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