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K-T Clay No. 12 Pit

Producer in Gibson 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. Geologic structures
  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 10025250
MRDS ID K000949
Record type Site
Current site name K-T Clay No. 12 Pit
Alternate or previous names Lowery Pit
Related records 10159397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.75588, 36.08009 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 0.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SKULLBONE AND 500 FEET SOUTHWEST OF COUNTY ROAD JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gibson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradford(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 Gibson

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) -88.75588, 36.08009
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mississippi Embayment

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Production years 1960 - 1973

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kentucky -Tennessee Clay Co., Inc.
    Home office Mayfield, Ky.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Lowery
    Home office Bradford, Tn.

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on development

  • PIT OPENED ABOUT 1960

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 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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