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Mat-Nel No. 1 Pit

Producer in Davidson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025229
MRDS ID K000924
Record type Site
Current site name Mat-Nel No. 1 Pit
Related records 10154280

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.7811, 36.17898 (WGS84)
Elevation 126
Relative position WEST BANK OF CUMBERLAND RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM INTERSTATE 265 BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nashville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Sycamore(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.7811, 36.17898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Production years 1950-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mat-Nel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert C. H. Mathews
    Home office Nashville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK

Comments on development

  • PIT OPENED 15-20 YEARS AGO BY HERBERT MATERIALS (NOW W. G. BUSH AND CO.) MAT-NEL PURCHASED PROPERTY FROM MARQUETTE CEMENT IN 1971 FOR COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION - OBLIGED TO PROVIDE MARQUETTE CLAY UNTIL 1975.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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