U.S.D. Clay Number 7 Pit

Past Producer in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075849
MRDS ID W022608
Record type Site
Current site name U.S.D. Clay Number 7 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -88.44855, 35.97658 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer Shelter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -88.44855, 35.97658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000988.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT FEBRUARY 7, 1973.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY RUFF ROSS, IS LEASED BY AMERICAN CYANAMIDE,

  • Deposit

    AND IS SUB-LEASED AND OPERATED BY CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION, UNITEDSIERRA DIVISION.KAOLIN IS MINED FROM THE LOWER EOCENE WILCOX FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-73 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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