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Bush No. 2 Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025230
MRDS ID K000925
Record type Site
Current site name Bush No. 2 Pit
Related records 10251623

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.93721, 36.18759 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBORO; 2000 FEET WEST OF OLD HICKORY BLVD. ON EAST SIDE OF CUMBERLAND RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scottsboro(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
Brick Clay Primary

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) -86.93721, 36.18759
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1967
Production years 1967-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. G. Bush And Co., Inc.
    Home office Nashville, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner O'Conner, Robert G.
    Home office Nashville, TN

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 10% SHALE MIXED WITH CLAY

Comments on development

  • O'CONNOR IS LAND OWNER AND CONTRACTS MINING CLAY FOR BUSH.

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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