| Deposit ID | 10275902 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0471830001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Weakley County Grenada Ball Clay |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.62925, 36.29699 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 152 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Weakley(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dresden(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Weakley |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Titanium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.62925, 36.29699 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 8362M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 8362M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 6993HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 7.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0471830001 |
STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967
WHITLATCH GEO. I. TENESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49 1940
PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974
PETERS FRANK A. ET.AL. BUMINES R.I. 6927 1967
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD 010/DEPOSIT IS IN AN ACTIVE MINING AREA. MINING BENEF N AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY A LOCATI RIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD COORD FOR ALUMINA STUDY ENDING MARCH 15 1975. RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWI QUADRANGLES-DRESDEN-COMO-PILLOWVILLE WEST-AND MC KENZIE MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1937 AS GIVEN IN BUMINES IC 8335 196 PRODUCTION FROM 1937 TO 1972. MATRIX RECORD 1 GRADE & TONS HAVEBEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-SEP-1996 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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