Sciotoville Clay

Occurrence in Scioto county in Ohio, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10297644
MAS/MILS ID 0391450001
Record type Site
Current site name Sciotoville Clay
Alternate or previous names Sciotoville Fire Clay, Logan Clay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.81156, 38.76565 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scioto(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Scioto-Tygarts(hydrologic unit)

Middle Ohio-Raccoon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Scioto

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Ohio River 003 N 020 W 01 C N2 Ohio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.81156, 38.76565

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 8094HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8094
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1861

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I. C. 8335 1967.

  • Deposit

    STOUT WILBER ET AL OHIO DIV OF GEOL SUR 4TH SER BULL 26 1923

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A ET AL BUMINES R. I. 6927 1967.

  • Deposit

    STOUT WILBER OHIO DIV OF GEOL SUR 4TH SER I. C. 1 1946.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/UNDER CLAY DEPOSIT IN ACTIVE MINING AREA-MINING B ATION AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY A LO DESCRIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD C TORS FOR ALUMINA STUDY ENDING MARCH 15 1975. RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER Y AREA. RECORD 030/DEPOSIT OCCURS WITIN SCIOTO COUNTY. RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN PARTS OF THESE 7.5 MINUTE Q CASVILLE-STOCKDALE-NEW BOSTON-MINFORD-SOUTH WEBSTER-PORTSMOU LERSBURG-PEDRO-GREENUP-IRONTON. MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1967 AS GIVEN BY BUMINES I. C. 8335 SS PRODUCTION FROM 1967 TO 1972. MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE AND TONS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.