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Paris Tennessee Fuller'sS Earth

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068446
MRDS ID W001504
Record type Site
Current site name Paris Tennessee Fuller'sS Earth
Related records 10274774

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.31865, 36.25981 (WGS84)

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

  • X-RAY DIFF. AND X-RAY FLUOR.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.31865, 36.25981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lowes Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES OF FIRE CLAY PROBABLY LARGE

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING A 20 FT. FACE A SHORT DISTANCE EAST OF PLANT 1972

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINED ONLY AFTER COAL IS MINED
  • RATHER NEW PLANT LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF PARIS - RUSSELL ST. EXTENDED (LOWES INC. - SOUTHERN CLAY INC.) ; ECON.COM: PORTER'S CREEK CLAY IS EXTENSIVE IN THIS REGION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMS, J. D., 1972. PETROGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR VOLCANIC ORIGIN OF PART OF THE PORTERS CREEK CLAY, JACKSON PURCHASE REGION, WESTERN KENTUCKY: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 800-C, P. C39-C51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FULLER'S EARTH MINED IS PART OF PORTER'S CREEK CLAY - PALEOCENE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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