Smith Pit

Past Producer in Ford county in Illinois, 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. 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 10288737
MAS/MILS ID 0170530004
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Pit
Alternate or previous names Utterback Pit and Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.30004, 40.40533 (WGS84)
Elevation 227

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ford(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibson City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Champaign(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sangamon(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Ford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.30004, 40.40533

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 Smith Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 1101897
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA LIST, WEEKS LIST, ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINTOUT

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10-11-72.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 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.