Mine detail: La Salle County Fire Clay

Previously called 'Cheltenham Clay of No 2 Coal'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.41862, -88.63445

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Iron, Aluminum, Silica, Titanium
Other material:	Gypsum, Illite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Zircon

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1970

Geology

References

MAS	170990001
DEP	10168793
Reference	{Deposit:: STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967}{Deposit:: WILLMAN H.B. AND J. NORMAN PAYNE ILLINOIS GEOL. SUR. BULL. 6}{Deposit:: PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974}{Deposit:: PETERS FRANK A. ET.AL. BUMINES R.I. 6927}
Reporter	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)