Bonum Lime Clay Pit

Past Producer in Tuscarawas 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248592
MRDS ID W021812
MAS/MILS ID 0391570016
Record type Site
Current site name Bonum Lime Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -81.63312, 40.48862 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuscarawas(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baltic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coshocton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuscarawas(hydrologic unit)

Muskingum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Muskingum(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Tuscarawas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
008 N 004 W 09 SE Ohio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -81.63312, 40.48862

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner General Clay Products Corp.
    ID 3300472
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JUNE 20, 1975.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION VERIFIED FROM OHIO DIV OF RECLAMATION DATA PERMIT

  • Deposit

    NO. 98.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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 01/07/1980
MSHA mine ID3300472
Mine name (MSHA)Boum Lime Clay Pit
Current operatorGeneral Clay Products Corp
Current controller (parent)Harold B Epler Jr
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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