Wolf Valley Mine

Producer in Anderson county in Tennessee, 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 10178915
MAS/MILS ID 0470010010
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Anderson County Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -84.12491, 36.11259 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oak Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clinch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Anderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -84.12491, 36.11259

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 Unknown
    Owner General Shale Products Corp.
    ID 4002484
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTING 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81; MSHA LISTS 11/80 AND 5/81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 6/20/80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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 12/14/2007
MSHA mine ID4002484
Mine name (MSHA)Wolf Valley
Current operatorGeneral Shale Brick, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Wienerberger AG
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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