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#1 Herndon Pit

Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025616
MRDS ID K001515
Record type Site
Current site name #1 Herndon Pit
Related records 10251357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.08586, 36.05342 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 0.75 MILE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SQUARE IN CAMDEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Benton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Camden Gravel Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 207, 300 West Main Street, Camden, Tn. 38320
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rubye Herndon (Estate)
    Home office Camden, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION GREATER THAN 300,000 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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