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Calcutta, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47837. The Survey maps it on the Brazil East quadrangle.

Calcutta within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Calcutta: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Coal, Clay, Coal, Coal, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cardonia PitClay, CoalPast Producer
Indiana Clay Sales PitCoal, ClayPast Producer
S. L. Turner Coal & Clay PitClay, CoalProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z78Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
C & F Shale Pit 2ClayProducer
E and E Clay PitClayProducer
S.L. Turner Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mechanicsburg1.0 miles14
Carbon2.6 miles14
Pontiac2.8 miles14
Benwood3.8 miles14
Cardonia3.9 miles14
Wickville3.9 miles14
Perth5.0 miles14
Harmony5.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452223. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.