Messer Mine

Producer in Carter 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 10242252
MAS/MILS ID 0210430031
Record type Site
Current site name Messer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -83.08957, 38.43835 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tygarts Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morehead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Scioto-Tygarts(hydrologic unit)

Middle Ohio-Raccoon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -83.08957, 38.43835

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 Messer Clay Co.
    ID 1511955
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3-11-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 5-18-81.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

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)

StatusActive since 03/09/2020
MSHA mine ID1511955
Mine name (MSHA)Messer Clay Company
Current operatorMesser Clay Company
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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