Sampson Mine

Past Producer in Sampson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10074844
MRDS ID W021242
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson Mine
Related records 10176102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.54696, 34.97567 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sampson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roseboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elizabethtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Sampson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.54696, 34.97567

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT DECEMBER 2, 1972.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2017
MSHA mine ID3100613
Mine name (MSHA)SAMPSON MINE II
Current operatorMeridian Brick LLC
Current controller (parent)Wienerberger AG
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (826 m, 0.82 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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