Iredall County Mine

Past Producer in Iredell county in North Carolina, 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 10272791
MAS/MILS ID 0370970025
Record type Site
Current site name Iredall County Mine
Alternate or previous names Statesville - Iredall County Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -81.04421, 35.7154 (WGS84)
Elevation 256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catawba(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -81.04421, 35.7154

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 Unknown
    Owner Statesville Brick Co.
    ID 3101883
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    # LOCATION BY MSHA.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81, REPT. NO. 3100153

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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)

StatusAbandoned since 01/03/1980
MSHA mine ID3101883
Mine name (MSHA)Iredell County Mine
Current operatorStatesville Brick Company
Current controller (parent)Michael B Foster; James E Rankin
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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