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Bell No. 5 Pit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025224
MRDS ID K000918
Record type Site
Current site name Bell No. 5 Pit
Related records 10154404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.64838, 36.19981 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GLEASON ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weakley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pillowville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Weakley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.64838, 36.19981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1952
Production years EARLY 1950'S-1973

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bell Clay Co.
    Home office Gleason, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leonard Bynum
    Home office Gleason, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION - DRYING, GRINDING, CLASSIFICATION; TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK; PRODUCTION DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE CLAYS OF WEST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 49, 355 P

  • Deposit

    1940 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1973 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

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