Paris Tennessee Fullers Earth Pit

Past Producer in Henry 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075921
MRDS ID W022736
Record type Site
Current site name Paris Tennessee Fullers Earth Pit

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
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.31865, 36.25981

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER W001504

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OPERATED BY LOWES, INCORPORATED.

  • Deposit

    FULLERS EARTH IS MINED FROM THE PALEOCENE PORTERS CREEK CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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