Davis Pit

Past Producer in Madison 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 10183637
MAS/MILS ID 0471130030
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Pit
Alternate or previous names Old Davis Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.75815, 35.45761 (WGS84)
Elevation 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selmer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Forked Deer(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.75815, 35.45761

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

    NELSON WA 1911 TN GEOL SUR BULL 5 P105.

  • Deposit

    WHITLACH GI 1940 TN DIV GEOL BULL 49 P285.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE HOLLY SPRINGS FORMATION.

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.