Clay Pit

Producer in Hampshire county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Brick Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110393
MRDS ID W002573
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pit
Related records 10291324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.65368, 42.32665 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. WEST OF NORTHAMPTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hampshire(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easthampton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holyoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ashuelot River-Connecticut River(hydrologic unit)

Lower Connecticut(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Hampshire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Hadley Lake Clay
    Rock description Hadley Lake Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.65368, 42.32665

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conn. Valley, West Side Of Conn. River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMERSON, B.K., 1898, "DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLYOKE QUADRANGLE, MASS. - CONN.", USGS, GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 50 QUARRY LOCATION AND SHORT PARAGRAPH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOMOGENEOUS CLAY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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