Clay Pit

Past Producer in Fayette county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10299587
MAS/MILS ID 0470470023
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.24506, 35.04701 (WGS84)
Elevation 165

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wolf(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.24506, 35.04701

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-Operator
    Owner Jim Davenport
    Year 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, WILBUR ARMSTEAD, 1911, TENN STATE GEOL SURVEY BULL 5

  • Deposit

    FIGURE 11, PAGE 61 AND 75.

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.