K-T Clay Number 11 Pit

Producer in Weakley 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 10154324
MRDS ID K000950
MAS/MILS ID 0471830008
Record type Site
Current site name K-T Clay Number 11 Pit
Alternate or previous names Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company, Jackson Pit
Related records 10025251

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.66225, 36.20869 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weakley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pillowville(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 Weakley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.66225, 36.20869

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000950.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFET INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 8-9, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY COMPANY

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATIO

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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