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Laird No. 1 Pit

Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Brick Clay, Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106794
MRDS ID K000961
Record type Site
Current site name Laird No. 1 Pit
Related records 10251268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.33726, 36.43815 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN PURYEAR AND 600 FEET NORTHWEST OF LAIRD BRICK CO. PLANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puryear(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
Brick Clay Primary
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY AND SAND MINED FROM SAME PIT AND MIXED TO MAKE FINAL PRODUCT, BRICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.33726, 36.43815
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mississippi Embayment

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 13.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Production years 1905-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Laird Brick Co.
    Home office Puryear, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Laird Brick Co. And Walter Mohundro
    Home office Puryear, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION - GRINDING, MIXING; TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK CLAY MINED TO GET UNDERLYING SAND. MOST OF CLAY USED IN BRICK PRODUCTION FROM LAIRD NO. 2 PIT.

Comments on development

  • PIT FIRST OPENED IN 1905 BY MANDLE-SANT CLAY CO. IN 1960 BOUGHT BY LAIRD BRICK CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE CLAYS OF WEST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 49, 355 P

  • Deposit

    1940 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY ONLY BEING MINED TO GET TO SAND. MESA INSPECTION REPORT: SEPT. 15 - 16 , 1971 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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