Hardy and Nunnley Pit

Past Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
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 10251474
MRDS ID K001395
MAS/MILS ID 0470050022
Record type Site
Current site name Hardy and Nunnley Pit
Related records 10025509

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.14723, 36.04539 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruceton(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 Benton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Coon Creek Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hardy And Nunnley
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hardy Sand Co.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001395.

  • Deposit

    UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS; ALSO USED AS ABRASIVE.

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.