Foster Pit

Past Producer in De Witt 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. 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 10217880
MAS/MILS ID 0170390007
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.78675, 40.18173 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

De Witt(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Witt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Champaign(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois De Witt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 019 N 001 E 16 NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Bond Formation

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 Rickgauer Sand And Gravel
    ID 1102536
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINTOUT 1981 #039-005

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 7-23-79.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-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.