Jernigan Pit

Past Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Ball 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 10159711
MAS/MILS ID 0470790033
Record type Site
Current site name Jernigan Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.33284, 36.29289 (WGS84)
Elevation 162

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
Ball Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.33284, 36.29289

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLACH GI 1940 TN DIV GEOL BULL 49 P80-81.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS T.P. JERNIGAN AS OF 1940.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY H.C. SPINKS CLAY COMPANY.

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.