Foremost Clay Mine

Past Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240197
MAS/MILS ID 0120190010
Record type Site
Current site name Foremost Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Chalk Hole, J.C.Penny-6winn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.03175, 29.83414 (WGS84)
Elevation 53

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone Heights(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gainesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gainesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower St. Johns(hydrologic unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 008 S 023 E 36 NE Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.03175, 29.83414

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER,J.L.FLORIDA KAOLINS AND CLAYS INFORMATION CIRCULAR 2

  • Deposit

    1949 PAGE 3

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.