Porter Warner Pit

Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  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 10025676
MRDS ID K001594
Record type Site
Current site name Porter Warner Pit
Related records 10129159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.18225, 36.04592 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 0.85 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAWYERS MILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruceton(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 Benton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Mcnairy Sand, Fine To Med-Grained Sand
    Rock description Mcnairy Sand, Fine To Med-Grained Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Coon Creek Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Porter Warner Industries, Inc.
    Home office Home Office: 520 West 31st St., Chattanooga, Tn. 37409, Field O

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.