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Southern Clay No. 1 Pit.

Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10025245
MRDS ID K000943
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Clay No. 1 Pit.
Related records 10274895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.31198, 36.27315 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PARIS 0.5 MILE WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 77

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INDUSTRIAL ABSORBENT, CAT BOX FILLER AND AGRICULTURAL GRANULES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Porters Creek Clay
    Rock description Porters Creek Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.31198, 36.27315
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mississippi Embayment

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1960'S-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Southern Clay, Inc.
    Home office Paris, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION - DRYING, GRINDING, CLASSIFYING; TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK, PRODUCTION DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • LOWE'S BOUGHT SOUTHERN CLAY, INC. IN MID 1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE CLAYS OF WEST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 49, 355 P

  • Deposit

    1940 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • 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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