Cloverport Pit & Plant

Past Producer in Breckinridge county in Kentucky, 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 10194682
MAS/MILS ID 0210270007
Record type Site
Current site name Cloverport Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.61668, 37.84316 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Breckinridge(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mattingly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tell City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Evansville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio-Little Pigeon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Breckinridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.61668, 37.84316

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 American Olean Tile Co., Subs. Of National Gypsum Corp.
    ID 1504635
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH & SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT 2-17-72.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81.

  • Deposit

    # NOT FOUND ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS;ASSUME PAST PRODUCER.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0210279001.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID1504635
Mine name (MSHA)Cloverport Plant
Current operatorAmerican Olean Tile
Current controller (parent)Lafarge S A
Mine typeFacility (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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