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Usd Clay No. 3 Pit

Producer in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Ball 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025279
MRDS ID K000986
Record type Site
Current site name Usd Clay No. 3 Pit
Related records 10274840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.4981, 36.0062 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Relative position 4.5 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGDON AND 1000 FEET NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 70A

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntingdon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Obion(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.4981, 36.0062
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mississippi Embayment

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1946-1973

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Sierra Division, Cyprus Mines Corp.
    Home office Gleason, Tn
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Gordon Adamson
    Home office Sebree, Ky.

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION - DRYING, GRINDING, AND CLASSIFICATION; TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, C. C., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTINGDON QUADRANGLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, GEOL. MAP GM 9-SW AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY MRS 9-SW.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, JOINT COMPILATION.

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOL

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1973 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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