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Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 032

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Brick Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078253
MRDS ID W026489
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.35038, 35.23678 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Relative position WITHIN URBAN AREA OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • NO INDICATION OF CLAY PIT SITE IN BUILT UP AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABANDONED AND URBANIZED CLAY PIT SITE

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Bedrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.35038, 35.23678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT FOR LOCAL BRICK NEEDS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CLAY PIT AREA NOW URBANIZED

Comments on the workings information

  • LOCAL CLAY PIT PROBABLY SMALL AND SHALLOW; NO EXPRESSION ON TOPO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., PIT TEXT P. 10 , PIT LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.

  • Deposit

    CLAY PIT LOCATED IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1 : 24,000

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION

  • Production

    KEITH, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAYS COMMONLY BLUISH GRAY AND CONTAIN VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH QUARTZ SAND AND CLAYEY MATERIAL; LOCAL SLUMPING AND SOIL CREEP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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