Mine detail: Grundy Area Fire Clay

Previously called 'Cheltenham Clay Beds'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.45942, -88.32194

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1970

Geology

References

MAS170630002
DEP10241487
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 1967}
ReporterEastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)