Elmhurst-Mccarthy Joint

Past Producer in Cook county in Illinois, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10266200
MAS/MILS ID 0170310031
Record type Site
Current site name Elmhurst-Mccarthy Joint

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.94586, 41.90141 (WGS84)
Elevation 210

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ogle(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Creston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kishwaukee(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Cook

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.94586, 41.90141

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Co.
    ID 1102707
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS ELMHURST, ILL.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTING 11/23/79, PG 3, ILL.

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 09/04/1991
MSHA mine ID1102707
Mine name (MSHA)Elmhurst Underground No 1
Current operatorElmhurst-Chicago Stone
Current controller (parent)Charles Hammersmith Jr
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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