United Sierra Kaolin

Past Producer in Putnam county in Florida, 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068436
MRDS ID W001493
Record type Site
Current site name United Sierra Kaolin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.97438, 29.59031 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keuka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Augustine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Daytona Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Oklawaha(hydrologic unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.97438, 29.59031

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand And Clay

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Pit Located In U.S.G.S. Bull. 1118

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnson Florida

Comments on the workings information

  • PLANT WAS INACTIVE IN 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALVER J. L., 1949, FLORIDA KAOLIN CLAYS: FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INF. CIRC. 2, P. 5

  • Deposit

    Calver, J.L., 1949, Florida Kaolins And Clays: Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular 2, 59 Pp.Calver, J.L., 1949, Florida Kaolins And Clays: Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular 2, 59 Pp.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-1998 Spencer, S. M., (Mitchell, S. P.) Florida Geological Survey
Editor 04-NOV-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity fie

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.