Darke County Pit

Producer in Darke county in Ohio, 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 10224752
MRDS ID W021407
MAS/MILS ID 0390370002
Record type Site
Current site name Darke County Pit
Alternate or previous names Darke County Tile Company
Related records 10074984

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.64322, 40.09613 (WGS84)
Elevation 331

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Darke(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Piqua(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Muncie(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Great Miami, Indiana, Ohio(hydrologic unit)

Great Miami(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Miami(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Darke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.64322, 40.09613

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 Darke County Tile Co.
    ID 3300464
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11/7/79.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0390379001.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 11/23/1979
MSHA mine ID3300464
Mine name (MSHA)Darke County Pit & Plant
Current operatorDarke County Tile Company
Current controller (parent)Nelson Robert C
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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