Unnamed Clay Pit

Prospect in Fayette county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Ball 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 10275094
MAS/MILS ID 0420510019
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.72756, 40.09192 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dawson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsburgh East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Youghiogheny(hydrologic unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic accounting unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.72756, 40.09192

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Layton Fire Clay Co.
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HICKOK AND MOYER,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FAYETTE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,PA.,PGS BULLETIN C26,1940 PG.448

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.