Jackson Pit

Past Producer in Madison 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300296
MAS/MILS ID 0471130004
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.80395, 35.6854 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Forked Deer(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.80395, 35.6854

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, PP. 152-

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY JACKSON CLAY PRODUCTS 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.