Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 12 Pit

Unknown in Gibson 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159397
MRDS ID K000949
MAS/MILS ID 0470530002
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 12 Pit
Alternate or previous names Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co., Inc., Lowry Pit
Related records 10025250

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.75585, 36.08009 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gibson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradford(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 Gibson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.75585, 36.08009

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lowery, J. H.
    ID 4001047
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000949.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MARCH 9, 1972 AND

  • Deposit

    MARCH 27, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY J.H. LOWERY.

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATIO

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81 - MAY BE PAST PRODUCER.

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.