General Wadsworth Brick No 4 Pit

Past Producer in Medina 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 10176370
MRDS ID W021587
MAS/MILS ID 0391030001
Record type Site
Current site name General Wadsworth Brick No 4 Pit
Related records 10075138

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -81.74372, 41.00172 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Medina(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wadsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cleveland(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 Medina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -81.74372, 41.00172

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner General Wadsworth Brick Corp.
    ID 3302334
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11/4/80.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION VERIFIED FROM OHIO DIV OF RECLAMATION DATA PERMIT

  • Deposit

    NO. 455.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0391039001.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 1981; NOT ON MSHA LIST 11/82--ASSUME SHUTDOWN

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 07/29/1981
MSHA mine ID3302334
Mine name (MSHA)Plant Four Pit
Current operatorGeneral Clay Products Corp
Current controller (parent)Harold B Epler Jr
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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