Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 1 Pit

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 10251146
MAS/MILS ID 0470790010
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 1 Pit
Alternate or previous names Part of Whitlock Mine #4000198, Wade Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.86838, 35.6232 (WGS84)
Elevation 91

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lauderdale(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilt Edge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Mississippi-Memphis(hydrologic unit)

Lower Mississippi-Memphis(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) -89.86838, 35.6232

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
    Owner M. M. Lindsa
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, PP. 313-

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS DR. M.M. LINDSA AS OF 1940. CLAY IS IN THE JACKSON

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIRBORNE FORMATI

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 5/81; 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.