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Lower Kittanning Fire Clay

Prospect in Hancock county in West Virginia, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131997
MAS/MILS ID 0540290001
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Kittanning Fire Clay
Alternate or previous names Allegheny Clays of Hancock and Br, Ooke Counties

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.57448, 40.57082 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Liverpool South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

East Liverpool(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ohio(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ohio-Beaver(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Allegheny Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/UNDER CLAY DEPOSIT-MINING BENEFICIATION AND TRANS ON RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED ONLY A LOCATION DESCRIPTION WIT RIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD COORDINATORS FOR ALUMIN ENDING MARCH 15 1975 RECORD 030/APPROX AREAL EXTENT OF KITTANNING FIRECLAY BEDS COCK CO 75 PERCENT AND 25 PERCENT IN BROOKE CO /LOCATION M 36-IC 8335 /CLAY STRATA LIES BELOW KITTANNING AND 50 FT AB RION COAL SEAMS RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWI MINUTE QUADRANGLES: EAST LIVERPOOL-SOUTHEAST LIVERPOOL-NORTH LLE-WEIRTON-STEUBENVILLE EAST-STEUBENVILLE WEST. RECORD 040 COL 32-33/DOMAIN ALSO CONTAINS STATE PARK LAND. RECORD 061/ANALYSES OF 8 SAMPLES OF KITTANNING CLAY AVERAGES ERCENT AL203, 57.3% SI02, 4.7% FE203, 1.0% TI02 MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1956 AS GIVEN IN BUMINES IC 8335 19 PRODUCTION 1957 TO 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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