Spencerville Pit

Producer in De Kalb county in Indiana, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10266677
MAS/MILS ID 0180330012
Record type Site
Current site name Spencerville Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -84.91243, 41.28532 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

De Kalb(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Joe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Defiance(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana De Kalb

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 033 N 014 E 28 S2 Indiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -84.91243, 41.28532

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Irving Gravel Co.
    ID 1201702
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA 1979

  • 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 09/28/1992
MSHA mine ID1201702
Mine name (MSHA)Portable #2
Current operatorIrving Gravel Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Jerry L Irving
Mine typeSurface (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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External references