Sampson Mine

Producer in Sampson 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 10176102
MRDS ID W021242
MAS/MILS ID 0371630022
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson Mine
Alternate or previous names Roseboro
Related records 10074844

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -78.53584, 34.95571 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sampson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roseboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elizabethtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black(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 Sampson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -78.53584, 34.95571

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 Boren Clay Products Co.
    ID 3100613
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    MSHA LOCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP 1981

  • Deposit

    RCF/CMS LISTS 1981

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0371639001

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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 10/01/2017
MSHA mine ID3100613
Mine name (MSHA)SAMPSON MINE II
Current operatorMeridian Brick LLC
Current controller (parent)Wienerberger AG
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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