Illinois Minerals Co Mine No. 16

Past Producer in Alexander county in Illinois, United States with commodity Silica
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 10193292
MAS/MILS ID 0170030002
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois Minerals Co Mine No. 16

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.30477, 37.30257 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alexander(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Girardeau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shawnee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Alexander

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.30477, 37.30257

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Illinois Mineral Co.
    ID 1102203

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA LIST

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.