Zehner Pit

Past Producer in Porter county in Indiana, United States with commodity Clay
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 10193449
MAS/MILS ID 0181270003
Record type Site
Current site name Zehner Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.1369, 41.60222 (WGS84)
Elevation 194

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Porter(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Calumet-Galien(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Porter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.1369, 41.60222

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 Unknown
    Owner Mc Cool Loam Co./Zehner Excavating Co.
    ID 1200609

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 22.

  • Deposit

    CLAY AND MOLDING SAND ARE MINED FROM MEDIUM-GRAINED QUARTZOS

  • Deposit

    AND WISCONSIAN LAKE CLAY.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIANA, 1979. U. S.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 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.