East Lake Mine

Producer in Dare 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 10150735
MAS/MILS ID 0370550003
Record type Site
Current site name East Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -75.92746, 35.88788 (WGS84)
Elevation 1
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dare(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manteo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Manteo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Albemarle(hydrologic unit)

Albemarle-Chowan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Dare

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -75.92746, 35.88788

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 Operator
    Owner Basnight Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 3101769
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP 1980

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

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 06/24/1985
MSHA mine ID3101769
Mine name (MSHA)East Lake Mine
Current operatorBasnight Construction Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Basnight St Clair
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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