Mrs. Polly Chandler Pit

Past Producer in Carroll 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 10251531
MAS/MILS ID 0470170028
Record type Site
Current site name Mrs. Polly Chandler Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.31614, 36.04259 (WGS84)
Elevation 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vale(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.31614, 36.04259

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 Mrs. Polly Chandler
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, P. 176.

  • Deposit

    NELSON WA 1911 TN GEOL SUR BULL 5 P46

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE MCNAIRY SAND MEMBER OF THE RIPLEY 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.