Fedrick Pit

Prospect in De Kalb 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183270
MAS/MILS ID 0180330011
Record type Site
Current site name Fedrick Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -85.13883, 41.35002 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

De Kalb(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garrett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana De Kalb

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -85.13883, 41.35002

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rieth-Riley Construction Co.
    ID 1201683
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79

  • Deposit

    STATUS UPDATE: MSHA MINE FILE REFERENCE 11-24-80.

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 03/07/1980
MSHA mine ID1201683
Mine name (MSHA)Fredrick Pit
Current operatorRieth-Riley Construction Company Inc
Current controller (parent)RR Holdco, Inc.
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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