Holly Springs Ball Clay

Unknown in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274997
MAS/MILS ID 0470790001
Record type Site
Current site name Holly Springs Ball Clay
Alternate or previous names Holly Springs Fm of Henry-Carroll, Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co., Inc., Wade Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.38474, 36.26199 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osage(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 Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.38474, 36.26199

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 99W
    Thickness 1.8M
    Length 21591M
    Width 21591M
    Area 46620HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip :99W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 46620
    Date of Last Modification 820604

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Holly Springs

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I C 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH GEO I TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 49 1940

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A AND PAUL W JOHNSON BUMINES I C 8648 1974

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A ET AL BUMINES R I 6927 1967

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA, RCF OR CMS LISTS 1981; MAY BE INACTIVE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/DEPOSIT IS IN AN ACTIVE MINING AREA MINING BENEF N AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED ONLY A LOCATI RIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD COORD FOR ALUMINA STUDY ENDING MARCH 15 1975 RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER RECORD 030/DEPOSIT OCCURS IN 2 COUNTIES 70 PERCENT OF THE D IS FOUND IN HENRY CO AND 30 PERCENT IN CARROLL CO RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWI MINUTE QUADRANGES-COTTAGE GROOVE-PURYEAR-BUCHANAN-OSAGE-PARI SANDY DIKE-HENRY-MANSFIELD-HUNTINGDON-AND VALE RECORD 040/THE AREA OCCURS IN THE FOLLOWING MINOR DRAINAGE A -K AND 18-U SEE USGS CATALOG OF INFORMATION ON WATER DATA-M SHOWING LOCATION OF WATER QUALITY STATIONS. MATRIX I/RESERVES AS OF 1940 AS GIVEN IN BUMINES IC 8335 196 PRODUCTION 1940 TO 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.