Highway Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143574
MAS/MILS ID 0120690005
Record type Site
Current site name Highway Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.66954, 28.54808 (WGS84)
Elevation 46

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clermont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orlando(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Orlando(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Oklawaha(hydrologic unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 022 S 026 E 25 N2NW Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.66954, 28.54808

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Central Florida Clay And Fill, Inc.
    ID 800642
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS 1978

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 02/20/1981
MSHA mine ID0800642
Mine name (MSHA)Highway 50 Pit
Current operatorCentral Florida Clay & Fill Inc
Current controller (parent)Morse Robert B
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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