Salisbury Grinding Plant

Past Producer in Rowan county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10273055
MAS/MILS ID 0371599003
Record type Site
Current site name Salisbury Grinding Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -80.5615, 35.6932 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rowan Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rowan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Granitic Rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Old Carolina Brick Co.
    ID 3101379
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP-1978.

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LIST 11-24-79.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION UPDATED BY MSHA - 1981.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 81 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID3101379
Mine name (MSHA)Salisbury Grinding Plant
Current operatorOld Carolina Brick Company
Mine typeFacility (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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