Whitlock Mine

Past Producer in Henry 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 10178662
MRDS ID K000904
MAS/MILS ID 0470790008
Record type Site
Current site name Whitlock Mine
Alternate or previous names Kentucky-Tennessee Clay #13 Pit, Shankle Pit
Related records 10025213

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.42944, 36.40369 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottage Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.42944, 36.40369

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co.
    ID 4000198
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000904.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 13, 1973.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY CO

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATIO

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 5/81 MSHA LIST; MAY BE INACTIVE.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/24/1979
MSHA mine ID4000198
Mine name (MSHA)Henry County Mine
Current operatorKentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
Current controller (parent)Chester Gulick
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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