Broad River Mine

Producer in Cherokee county in South Carolina, 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 10250656
MRDS ID W022382
MAS/MILS ID 0450210018
Record type Site
Current site name Broad River Mine
Alternate or previous names Broad River Brick Company, Div. Of, Boren Clay Products Co.
Related records 10075720

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.57873, 35.11181 (WGS84)
Elevation 175

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blacksburg South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.57873, 35.11181

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 Boren Clay Products Co.
    ID 3800031
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 6/3/81

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE MAY BE MINED WITH CLAY

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0450219018

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 01/13/2009
MSHA mine ID3800031
Mine name (MSHA)BROAD RIVER MINE
Current operatorHanson Brick East LLC
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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