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Cole Pit

Producer in Obion county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10025634
MRDS ID K001539
Record type Site
Current site name Cole Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.25729, 36.31731 (WGS84)
Elevation 119
Relative position ABOUT 2.45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHOOL AT HORNBEAK, TENN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Obion(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornbeak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Obion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 30 TO 40 FT OF OVERBURDEN (LOESS)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.25729, 36.31731
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 12.19M

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 Obion County Highway Department
    Home office Union City, Tn. 38260
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cole Heirs, Rebecca Gray, Adm.
    Home office Troy, Tn. 38260

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - 100,000 TO 300,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - NONE

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

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