Rush Creek Clay Company Pit

Past Producer in Perry 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297630
MRDS ID W021662
MAS/MILS ID 0391270005
Record type Site
Current site name Rush Creek Clay Company Pit
Related records 10075194

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -82.30564, 39.72923 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perry(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Junction City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbus(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hocking(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ohio-Little Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Perry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015 N 016 W 03 SW Ohio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -82.30564, 39.72923

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 Rush Creek Clay Co.
    ID 3300561
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 2/6/80.

  • Deposit

    LOCATION VERIFIED FROM OHIO DIV OF RECLAMATION DATA PERMIT

  • Deposit

    NO. 18.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 11-4-82--ASSUME SHUTDOWN

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MINE, SEQ. NO. 0391579001

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 11/21/1980
MSHA mine ID3300561
Mine name (MSHA)Rush Creek Clay Co Pit & Mill
Current operatorRush Creek Clay Company
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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