Payne Clay Pits and Plants

Producer in Bastrop county in Texas, 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 10251428
MAS/MILS ID 0480210002
Record type Site
Current site name Payne Clay Pits and Plants

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -97.342, 30.32942 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bastrop(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Cummins(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Bastrop

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -97.342, 30.32942

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Payne Brick Co.
    ID 4100293
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS, MSHA 6-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Rlw 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)

StatusIntermittent since 04/22/2013
MSHA mine ID4100293
Mine name (MSHA)Elgin Plant
Current operatorGeneral Shale Brick, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Wienerberger AG
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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