Waltz-Kerr Mine

Producer in Tuscarawas county in Ohio, 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. 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 10151757
MAS/MILS ID 0391570056
Record type Site
Current site name Waltz-Kerr Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -81.42481, 40.61672 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuscarawas(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuscarawas(hydrologic unit)

Muskingum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Muskingum(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Tuscarawas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Allegheny and Pottsville Groups, Undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner The Fairfield Brick Co.
    ID 3300552
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 01-29-74

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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 11/03/2008
MSHA mine ID3300552
Mine name (MSHA)Blue Jay #1
Current operatorBlue Jay Ent. of Tuscarawas County, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Leland D Ervin
Mine typeSurface (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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