Gleason Tennessee Ball Clay

Unknown 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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178426
MRDS ID W001501
MAS/MILS ID 0471830023
Record type Site
Current site name Gleason Tennessee Ball Clay
Related records 10068443

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.64645, 36.21569 (WGS84)
Elevation 120

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) -88.64645, 36.21569

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE EOCENE HOLLY SPRINGS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS ALSO LISTED GSC ID # W022960 FROM THE SAME USGS GSC ID# LIST OF JULY 95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-1995 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.