Dyersburg Pit

Past Producer in Dyer 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 10251559
MAS/MILS ID 0470450003
Record type Site
Current site name Dyersburg Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -89.36087, 36.02369 (WGS84)
Elevation 84

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dyer(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newbern(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 Dyer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -89.36087, 36.02369

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

    PIT WAS OPERATED BY TENNESSEE BRICK AND LUMBER CO.

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, PP. 316

  • Deposit

    317

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.