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Unnamed Clay Pit

Past Producer in Henderson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Brick Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026296
MRDS ID K003549
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.49014, 35.44149 (WGS84)
Relative position 2400 FEET SSW OF FLETCHER CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruitland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Henderson

Comments on the location information

  • AREA HAS BEEN BACKFILLED AND LEVELED. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE FLETCHER BRICK COMPANY PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
    Rock description Alluvium;Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite & Mylonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.49014, 35.44149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIT IS WITHIN THE BREVARD FAULT ZONE, IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF CANE CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • EARLIER TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS SHOW BRICK KILNS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PIT, ABOUT 800 FEET WEST OF THE PIT, BUT THE AREA HAS BEEN BACKFILLED AND LEVELED, AND NEITHER THE PIT NOR THE KILNS ARE VISIBLE (1973).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NW

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NW, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPOR

  • Production

    LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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