Pine Ridge Coal Co. Clay Shale Pit

Past Producer in Fulton county in Illinois, United States with commodity Clay
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 10193818
MAS/MILS ID 0170570008
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Ridge Coal Co. Clay Shale Pit
Alternate or previous names Pine Ridge Coal Co.Clay Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.98319, 40.42863 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fulton(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duck Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Illinois-Lake Chautauqua(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Fulton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 005 N 005 E 07 C Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.98319, 40.42863

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 Pine Ridge Coal Co.
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE,W.A.LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE FROM ILL.SHALE,ILL.

  • Deposit

    GEOL.SURV.CIRCULAR 290,1960,PP.21

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.