No. 1 Mine

Producer in Cherokee county in South 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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129334
MAS/MILS ID 0450210062
Record type Site
Current site name No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names James Carroll Clearing Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -81.64983, 34.85011 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jonesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -81.64983, 34.85011

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kings Mountain Brick, Inc.
    ID 3800553
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 5/5/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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 08/31/1983
MSHA mine ID3800553
Mine name (MSHA)Caveny Mine
Current operatorKings Mountain Brick Inc
Current controller (parent)Mc Ginnis Donald H
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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