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Signal Mountain Clay Pit

Producer in Hamilton 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106795
MRDS ID K000983
Record type Site
Current site name Signal Mountain Clay Pit
Related records 10202625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.33633, 35.07567 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTH OF BAYLOR SCHOOL AND 4000 FEET NORTHWEST OF WOODLAND HEIGHTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamilton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hamilton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.33633, 35.07567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Production years 1925-1972

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner General Portland Cement Co. Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL AND TRUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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