Dee Clay Products Company, Inc.

Producer in Parke county in Indiana, 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 10218028
MAS/MILS ID 0181210006
Record type Site
Current site name Dee Clay Products Company, Inc.
Alternate or previous names Cayuga Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.29501, 39.85173 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Parke(county)

Indiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paris(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Indianapolis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sugar(hydrologic unit)

Wabash(hydrologic accounting unit)

Wabash(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Indiana Parke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.29501, 39.85173

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 Dee Clay Products Co., Inc.
    ID 1200244

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN GEORGE S., 1972, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 20.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT APRIL 4-6, 1972.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 5-21-81.

  • Deposit

    CLAY AND SHALE ARE MINED FROM THE STAUNTON FORMATION.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 12/09/1982
MSHA mine ID1200244
Mine name (MSHA)Dee Clay Products Mine
Current operatorDee Clay Products Company Inc
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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