Mcavoy Vitrified Brick Clay Mine

Producer in Chester county in Pennsylvania, 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 10153218
MRDS ID W021981
MAS/MILS ID 0420290021
Record type Site
Current site name Mcavoy Vitrified Brick Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcavoy Vitrified Brick Company
Related records 10075405

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.48042, 40.12581 (WGS84)
Elevation 40

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collegeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reading(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Schuylkill(hydrologic unit)

Lower Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.48042, 40.12581

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 Mc Avoy Vitrified Brick Co
    ID 3600651
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    1980 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

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)

StatusIntermittent since 09/23/1996
MSHA mine ID3600651
Mine name (MSHA)McAvoy Vitrified Brick Company
Current operatorMcAvoy Brick Company
Current controller (parent)Thomas B McAvoy III Trust
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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