Ottawa Shale Pit

Past Producer in La Salle 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. 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 10242100
MAS/MILS ID 0170990032
Record type Site
Current site name Ottawa Shale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.75505, 41.34582 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Salle(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois La Salle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.75505, 41.34582

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 General Dynamics Corp., Materials Service Division
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MALHOTRA, R. & SMITH, P.A., DIR OF ILL MIN PROD, 1974, P. 76

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.