Old Hickory Clay Number 2 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 10154534
MRDS ID K000939
MAS/MILS ID 0471830015
Record type Site
Current site name Old Hickory Clay Number 2 Pit
Alternate or previous names Old Hickory Clay Company, Mcclain Pit
Related records 10025242

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.70975, 36.18229 (WGS84)
Elevation 98

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) -88.70975, 36.18229

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 K000939.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 9, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY CLYDE CRIBBS.

  • 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.