Shuquauak Mill

Plant in Noxubee county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122547
MAS/MILS ID 0281039901
Record type Site
Current site name Shuquauak Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.57174, 32.98766 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Noxubee(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shuqualak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

De Kalb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Noxubee(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Noxubee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.57174, 32.98766

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Atlas Brick Co., Subs. Of Masonite Corp.
    ID 2200346
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Delta Shuquauak Brick And Tile Co.
    ID 2200346

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/28/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/18/1991
MSHA mine ID2200346
Mine name (MSHA)Shuqualak Plant & Pits
Current operatorDelta Brick
Current controller (parent)Boral Limited
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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