Coal Creek Pit

Producer in Schuyler county in Illinois, 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 10193929
MAS/MILS ID 0171690003
Record type Site
Current site name Coal Creek Pit
Alternate or previous names Pleasant View Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.45511, 40.06723 (WGS84)
Elevation 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Schuyler(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beardstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Macomb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burlington(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 Schuyler

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Warsaw Formation and Salem Limestone

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 Unknown
    Owner Coal Creek Sand And Gravel
    ID 1101078
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MALHOTRA, R. & SMITH, P.A., DIR OF ILL MIN PROD, 1974, P. 85

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 8-14-79.

  • 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/16/1987
MSHA mine ID1101078
Mine name (MSHA)Coal Creek Sand & Gravel
Current operatorCoal Creek Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)Wessel Charles
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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