John E. Loy - Loy's Pit

Producer in Sumter county in Florida, United States with commodity Peat
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306550
MRDS ID AG00287
Record type Site
Current site name John E. Loy - Loy's Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.96457, 28.90943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumter(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orlando(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Orlando(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Withlacoochee(hydrologic unit)

Tampa Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Sumter

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 Miles North of Wildwood, East of I-75

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Peat Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.96457, 28.90943

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Peat

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Spencer, S.M., 1993, Industrial Minerals Industry Directory Of Florida, Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular Ic-109, 30 Pp.Spencer, S.M., 1993, Industrial Minerals Industry Directory Of Florida, Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular Ic-109, 30 Pp.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1997 Hendrickson, J. C. (Spencer, S. M.) Florida Geological Survey
Editor 04-NOV-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity field content and Ore Minerals field content to conform to

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.