Mease Pardle Clay Pit

Past Producer in Clearfield county in Pennsylvania, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128324
MRDS ID W021997
MAS/MILS ID 0420330005
Record type Site
Current site name Mease Pardle Clay Pit
Alternate or previous names Reese Brothers
Related records 10075421

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.28801, 40.89001 (WGS84)
Elevation 536

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearfield(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallaceton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tyrone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Clearfield

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.28801, 40.89001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mid State Energy Corp
    ID 3600599
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/18/1980
MSHA mine ID3600599
Mine name (MSHA)Mease Pardee Clay Pit
Current operatorReese Brothers
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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