Fullers Earth, Blue Mountain, Mississippi

Producer in Tippah county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068453
MRDS ID W001513
Record type Site
Current site name Fullers Earth, Blue Mountain, Mississippi
Alternate or previous names Fuller's Earth - Blue Mountain, Miss
Related records 10146212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.08339, 34.66678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tippah(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holly Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Tallahatchie(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Tippah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5S 3E SE 14 32 Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Opal Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.08339, 34.66678

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Clay Shale

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORTERS CREEK FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • MINES LOCATED EAST OF PLANT

Comments on development

  • WYANDOTTE CHEMICAL CORP (BASF) PLANT LOCATED 2 MILES NE. OF BLUE MOUNTAIN ON RR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    A. R. BICKER, JR., 1970. ECONOMIC MINERALS OF MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 112

  • Deposit

    SIMMS, J. D., 1972. PETROGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR A VOLCANIC ORIGIN OF PART OF THE PORTERS CREEK SHALE, JACKSON PURCHASE REGION, WESTERN KENTUCKY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 800-C, P. C39-C51

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-C

  • Deposit

    Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.

  • Deposit

    Sims, J. D., 1972, Petrographic Evidence For A Volcanic Origin Of Part Of The Porters Creek Clay, Jackson Purchase Region, Western Kentucky, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800-C, P. C39-C5.Sims, J. D., 1972, Petrographic Evidence For A Volcanic Origin Of Part Of The Porters Creek Clay, Jackson Purchase Region, Western Kentucky, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800-C, P. C39-C5.

  • Deposit

    Bicker, A.R., Jr., 1970, Economic Minerals Of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 112, 80 P.Bicker, A.R., Jr., 1970, Economic Minerals Of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 112, 80 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FULLER'S EARTH IS IN PORTERS CREEK CLAY - PALEOCENE
Deposit Aimcor

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 24-SEP-1997 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology Added Reference
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Added County And Commodity Codes, Compiled Information From Original Mrds Record

Beyond USGS

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