Davidson Mudstone Mines

Producer in Davidson 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080633
MRDS ID W031957
Record type Site
Current site name Davidson Mudstone Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.1195, 35.78342 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position 7 KM NNE OF GLEN ANNA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fair Grove(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 Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.1195, 35.78342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cunningham Brick Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., 1982, PERSONAL OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE THREE PITS IN THIS VICINITY, WITH KILNS AND OTHER CLAY PITS 0.5 KM TO THE SW. MOST ARE SMALL AND SHALLOW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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