Weakley County Mine

Producer in Weakley 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 10275574
MAS/MILS ID 0471830066
Record type Site
Current site name Weakley County Mine
Alternate or previous names Weakley County Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.61675, 36.21679 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weakley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKenzie(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 Weakley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.61675, 36.21679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Old Hickory Clay Co.
    ID 4002145
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # POR IS TOWN OF GLEASON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/01/2008
MSHA mine ID4003234
Mine name (MSHA)Weakley County Pits
Current operatorK R Trucking LLC
Current controller (parent)Keith R Radford; Kenneth R Radford
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1643 m, 0.85 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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