Huntingburg Pit & Mill

Producer in Dubois county in Indiana, United States with commodities Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266315
MAS/MILS ID 0180370003
Record type Site
Current site name Huntingburg Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Huntingburg Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.96809, 38.29646 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dubois(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntingburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jasper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vincennes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Patoka(hydrologic unit)

Patoka-White(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Dubois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.96809, 38.29646

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAY AND SHALE ARE MINED FROM THE BRAZIL FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner United Clays, Inc.
    ID 1201932
    Interest 100
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1984
    First year 1984
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Huntingburg Brick Co.
    ID 1200253
    Interest 100
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1978
    First year 1978
    Last year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 8.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT AUGUST 4, 1972.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 02/95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION INCLUDES AN ON SITE MILL. LISTED AS HUNTINGBURG MILL ON THE MSHA.DBF, 02/95 STADATE AS OF 03/84; LAST DATA OF FILE MOD. 1983. MSHA ID # MAY HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE OF COMPANY CHANGE. OLD MINES ID#1200253: NEW MINES ID#1201932, ON MSHA.DBF, 02/95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1995 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)

StatusActive since 03/23/1984
MSHA mine ID1201932
Mine name (MSHA)Huntingburg Mill
Current operatorCovia Clay LLC
Current controller (parent)Covia Holdings LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1357 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references