Taylor Clay Products Pits

Past Producer in Rowan 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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106234
MRDS ID W031948
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Clay Products Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.53258, 35.61066 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 5 KM NNE OF CHINA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rowan(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China 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 Rowan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.53258, 35.61066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Taylor Clay Products Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 75HA
    Overall depth 8M
    Overall length 1000M
    Overall width 750M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS ABANDENED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.