Princess Mine Big Run

Producer in Boyd county in Kentucky, 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 10170284
MAS/MILS ID 0210190001
Record type Site
Current site name Princess Mine Big Run
Alternate or previous names Del, Cline Brick Company, Princess No. 1 Mine and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.74986, 38.36945 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyd(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boltsfork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Middle Ohio-Raccoon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Boyd

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.74986, 38.36945

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cline Brick Co
    ID 1500153
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 2-5-81

  • Deposit

    KY BUR OF SUR.MINE REC. FEB 1978

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC. WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0210199005

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Brown, Don 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 05/28/2008
MSHA mine ID1500153
Mine name (MSHA)Princess
Current operatorHanson Brick
Current controller (parent)Lone Star Funds
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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