Minerva Pit

Past Producer in Carroll 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 10199938
MRDS ID W021367
MAS/MILS ID 0390190003
Record type Site
Current site name Minerva Pit
Related records 10074953

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.1184, 40.71612 (WGS84)
Elevation 317

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Allegheny and Pottsville Groups, Undivided

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 Unknown
    Owner Summitville Tiles Inc.
    ID 3303202
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 25, 1975.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0390199001.

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 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID3303202
Mine name (MSHA)Minerva Plant
Current operatorSummitville Tiles Inc
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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