Brickhaven Shale Mine

Producer in Chatham 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 10273033
MRDS ID W020915
MAS/MILS ID 0370370004
Record type Site
Current site name Brickhaven Shale Mine
Related records 10074599

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.01945, 35.59759 (WGS84)
Elevation 73

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moncure(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Chatham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.01945, 35.59759

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 Cherokee Brick Co.
    ID 3100259

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 1/81

  • Deposit

    NC GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

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 10/27/2010
MSHA mine ID3100259
Mine name (MSHA)Moncure 1
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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