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Laird Clay No. 2 Pit

Producer in Henry county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Brick 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025259
MRDS ID K000960
Record type Site
Current site name Laird Clay No. 2 Pit
Related records 10202627

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.28615, 36.43509 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF PURYEAR ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puryear(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 Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY IMPURE BALL CLAY

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) Loess
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mississippi Embayment

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1962
Production years 1968-1972

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Laird Brick Co.
    Home office Puryear, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Laird Brick Co., Puryear, Tn. And Robert Hibbard, Murray, Ky.

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERBURDEN ABOUT 15 FEET THICK

Comments on development

  • PIT OPENED JULY 1962 AND ACTIVE SINCE BEGINNING CONTRACTOR IS CALLICOTT AND NEESE.

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., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY FROM THIS PIT IS BULK OF LAIRD BRICK CO. RAW MATERIAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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