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Moland-Drysdale Brick Corp. Clay Pit

Producer in Buncombe 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026302
MRDS ID K003558
Record type Site
Current site name Moland-Drysdale Brick Corp. Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48319, 35.44621 (WGS84)
Relative position 1500 FEET SE OF FLETCHER CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(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 Buncombe

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 And Mylonite
    Rock description Alluvium;Age Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite And Mylonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.48319, 35.44621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIT AREA IS WITHIN BREVARD FAULT ZONE, ABOUT 3200 FEET FROM ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Moland - Drysdale Brick Corp.
    Home office Fletcher, N.C.

Comments on the production information

  • CLAY FROM THIS AREA IS USED TO MANUFACTURE BRICK AT THE FLETCHER PLANT IN THE SKYLAND, N.C. QUADRANGLE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE CLAY ARE SOLD TO EVANS POTTERY IN ARDEN, N.C. FOR MAKING EARTHENWARE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONSIDERABLE ACREAGE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE PRESENT PIT CONTAINS USABLE RESERVES OF CLAY

Comments on development

  • THE PIT AND ACREAGE TO THE SOUTHWEST ARE UNDER LEASE TO MOLAND - DRYSDALE BRICK CORP., FLETCHER, N.C. ; ECON.COM: LITTLE OR NO OVERBURDEN, MAKING MINING BY DRAGLINE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE

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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