Plants & Mines # 1 & 2

Past Producer in Guilford 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135343
MRDS ID W021021
MAS/MILS ID 0370810002
Record type Site
Current site name Plants & Mines # 1 & 2
Alternate or previous names Mines Numbers 1 and 2, Pleasant Garden Nos. 1 & 2 Mine
Related records 10074676

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.77477, 35.97089 (WGS84)
Elevation 229

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guilford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pleasant Garden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(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 Guilford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.77477, 35.97089

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 James G. Wallace
    ID 3100133

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS SEPT. 28 AND OCT.

  • Deposit

    AND JULY 18-19, 1973.

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0370819005

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 06/14/1979
MSHA mine ID3100133
Mine name (MSHA)Pleasant Garden Nos 1 And 2 Mine An
Current operatorBoren Clay Products
Current controller (parent)Boren Clay Products Company
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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