Shoals Mine

Producer in Martin county in Indiana, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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 10241940
MAS/MILS ID 0181010001
Record type Site
Current site name Shoals Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -86.75329, 38.67005 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Martin(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoals(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bedford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower East Fork White(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Martin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 003 N 003 W 21 E2SESW Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) West Baden Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Gypsum Co.
    ID 1200429
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JUNE 3, 1974

  • Deposit

    FROM 75-EMJ DIR-500000 TO 1 MILLION TONS ORE. FROM 1974 MESA

  • Deposit

    DATA MINE 25 MEN MILL 139 MEN.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3-2-81.

  • 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 12/10/2014
MSHA mine ID1200429
Mine name (MSHA)Shoals Mine
Current operatorNew NGC Incorporated
Current controller (parent)Spangler Companies Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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