Unnamed Clay and Shale Quarry

Past Producer in Fayette county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Ball Clay, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299373
MAS/MILS ID 0420510022
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay and Shale Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -79.89306, 39.73893 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgantown North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morgantown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cheat(hydrologic unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic accounting unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -79.89306, 39.73893

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HICKOK AND MOYER,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FAYETTE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,PA.,PGS BULL.C26 1940 PG.444

  • Deposit

    SHALE IS CLAY, COMMODITIES BOTH OCCUR IN SINGLE PIT

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.