Williams and Hobbs 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 10275017
MAS/MILS ID 0470170015
Record type Site
Current site name Williams and Hobbs Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.45864, 36.11089 (WGS84)
Elevation 142

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntingdon(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) -88.45864, 36.11089

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 Operator
    Owner Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co.
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLACH GI 1940 TN DIV GEOL BULL 49 P94-96.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY COMPANY.

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.