Colchester Brick & Tile Co.Clay Pit

Past Producer in McDonough 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 10241442
MAS/MILS ID 0171090008
Record type Site
Current site name Colchester Brick & Tile Co.Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.79592, 40.43333 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McDonough(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Macomb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burlington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

La Moine(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois McDonough

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 005 N 004 W 12 SENE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.79592, 40.43333

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 Colchester Brick And Tile Co.
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STATE GEOL.SURVEY CIRCULAR 1960,PP23.

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.