Clarence Center Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Erie county in New York, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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 10272757
MRDS ID W020483
MAS/MILS ID 0360290015
Record type Site
Current site name Clarence Center Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names National Gypsum Company
Related records 10074243

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.67161, 43.0025 (WGS84)
Elevation 187

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Erie(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarence Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lockport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Toronto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Erie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.67161, 43.0025

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner National Gypsum Co.
    ID 3000597
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTION REPORT 6-15-72

  • Deposit

    FROM 1975 EMJ JOUR., EMPL. 84, 500,000 TO 1 MILLION TONS ORE

  • Deposit

    100,000 TO 500,000 TONS WASTE, DAILY ORE CAPACITY 3500 TPD

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 1981--ASSUME SHUTDOWN

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

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 01/08/1979
MSHA mine ID3000597
Mine name (MSHA)Clarence Center Mine
Current operatorNational Gypsum Company
Current controller (parent)Lafarge S A
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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