Kerr Pit

Producer in St. Joseph county in Michigan, United States with commodities Peat, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291891
MAS/MILS ID 0261490004
Record type Site
Current site name Kerr Pit
Alternate or previous names Robert Kerr Peat and Marl

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.65575, 41.94691 (WGS84)
Elevation 254

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Joseph(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Rivers West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elkhart(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan St. Joseph

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.65575, 41.94691

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MICH MIN PROD 1975-DEPT OF NAT RES-GEOL SURV DIV

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.