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Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 6 Pit

Past Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Clay
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  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 10299272
MRDS ID K000956
MAS/MILS ID 0470790012
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 6 Pit
Alternate or previous names H.C. Spinks Clay Company, Inc.
Related records 10025256

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.48004, 36.22429 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henry(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
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.48004, 36.22429
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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 H. C. Spinks Clay Co., Inc.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000956.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY H.C. SPINKS CLAY COMPANY, INC.

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATIO

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 5/81; MAY BE INACTIVE.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # CONTRADICTORY NAME: USGS CRIB SAYS

  • Deposit

    # "SPINKS CLAY NO. 6 PIT".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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