Lawrence Clay

Occurrence in Lawrence county in Ohio, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224888
MAS/MILS ID 0390870001
Record type Site
Current site name Lawrence Clay
Alternate or previous names Lawrence Fire Clay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.53515, 38.65505 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherritts(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raccoon-Symmes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Ohio-Raccoon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wayne National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Ohio River 004 N 017 W 15 NWNWNW Ohio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.53515, 38.65505

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 22016HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 22016
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1859

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967.

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. ET. AL. BUMINES R. I. 6927 1967.

  • Deposit

    STOUT WILBER ET. AL. OHIO DIV. OF GEOL. SUR. 4TH SER. BULL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/UNDER CLAY DEPOSIT IN ACTIVE MINING AREA-MINING B ATION AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY A LO DESCRIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD C TORS FOR ALUMINA STUDY ENDING MARCH 15 1975. RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER Y AREA. RECORD 030/AREA OF DEPOSIT COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY THE FOLLO RCENTAGES BY COUNTY-LAWRENCE 53-GALLIA 47. RECORD 040/ THE DEPOSIT OCCURS INPARTS OR ALL OF THE 7.5 MIN DS./ASHLAND-CATLETTSBURG-HUNTINGTON-BARBOURSVILLE-GREENUP-IR ITTS HILL-AID-ATHALIA-GLENWOOD-PORTSMOUTH-WHEELERSBURG-PEDRO OO-MERCERVILLE-APPLE GROVE-SOUTH WEBSTER-GALLIA-PATRIOT-RODN IPOLIS-RIO GRAND-VINTON-ADDISON-CHESHIRE-MULGA-WILKESVILLE-R POMEROY. MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1967 AS GIVEN BY BUMINES I. C. 8335 SS PRODUCTION FROM 1967 TO 1972. MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE AND TONS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.