Wood Pit

Producer in Henderson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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 10025532
MRDS ID K001425
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.36837, 35.63538 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TENN. HWY. 20 CROSSING OF HARMON CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesterfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee-Beech(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Henderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Mcnairy Sand
    Rock description Mcnairy Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.36837, 35.63538

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ayers Mineral Division, Central Silica Co.
    Home office H.O. - 806 Market St., Zanesville, Oh., F.O. - Ayers St
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. M. Wood
    Home office Lexington, Tn. 38351

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND RAILROAD . MOLDING SAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.