Devil's Hill Pit

Producer in Walworth county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205793
MAS/MILS ID 0551270026
Record type Site
Current site name Devil's Hill Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.45834, 42.60831 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Walworth(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Geneva(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Geneva(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Fox(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Walworth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.45834, 42.60831

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O'Neill, William J. And Sons Inc.
    ID 4702622
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-83 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 08/21/1985
MSHA mine ID4702622
Mine name (MSHA)Devils Hill Pit
Current operatorWilliam J O'Neill & Sons Inc
Current controller (parent)O'Neill William J
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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