Kluttz Shale Mine

Producer in Cabarrus 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080635
MRDS ID W031959
Record type Site
Current site name Kluttz Shale Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.36451, 35.48566 (WGS84)
Elevation 206
Relative position 11.5 KM NNE OF MOUNT PLEASANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(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 Cabarrus

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHALE FOR BRICK AND TILE MANUFACTURE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.36451, 35.48566

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. J. Banks Kluttz

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDANIEL, RONALD D. AND MCKENZIE, BENJAMIN F., 1976, DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCERS, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, DIV. OF EASTH RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, 64P

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.