Lincoln County Clay Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156748
MAS/MILS ID 0540430001
Record type Site
Current site name Lincoln County Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Sanders Dummy Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.18424, 38.18005 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branchland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Guyandotte(hydrologic unit)

Guyandotte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Sandy-Guyandotte(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.18424, 38.18005

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 Sanders Dummy Co.
    ID 4600152

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-1980 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 04/15/1992
MSHA mine ID4600152
Mine name (MSHA)Sanders Clay Pit
Current operatorSanders Dummy Company
Current controller (parent)Sanders Howard
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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