Big Hepburn Mine and Mill

Producer in Clinton county in Pennsylvania, 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 10299281
MRDS ID W022012
MAS/MILS ID 0420350005
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hepburn Mine and Mill
Related records 10075436

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.52468, 41.17501 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farrandsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Williamsport West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williamsport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic unit)

West Branch Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Clinton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Burgoon Sandstone

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 Fink And Stackhouse Inc.
    ID 3600614
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE 1978

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 07/14/1992
MSHA mine ID3600614
Mine name (MSHA)Big Hepburn
Current operatorFink & Stackhouse Inc
Current controller (parent)Stackhouse Robert L
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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