Como Tennessee Ball Clay

Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Ball Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  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 10068447
MRDS ID W001505
Record type Site
Current site name Como Tennessee Ball Clay
Related records 10160001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.52115, 36.28787 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Como(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 Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • X-RAY DIFF. AND X-RAY FLUOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result PERCENT: SIO2(52.2) AL2O3(27.3) FE2O3(0.5) MNO(0.0) CAO(0.2) MGO(2.5) K2O(1.6) NA2O(0.5) TIO2(1.6) LOI(13.8)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Loess

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spinks Clay Co., Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHELPS, 1972 AIME PREPRINT 72-H-305

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPINKS PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Hosterman, John W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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