Furr Pit #7

Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025512
MRDS ID K001399
Record type Site
Current site name Furr Pit #7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.16892, 36.18342 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.0 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAWYERS MILL AND 0.2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSON SCHOOL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manleyville(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 Benton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Mcnairy Sand
    Rock description Mcnairy Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.16892, 36.18342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hardy Sand Co.
    Home office Home Office: Box 629, Evansville, In., Field Office: Box 507, Camden, Tn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nathan Furr

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND RAILROAD . MATERIAL FOR GLASS (MELT), MOLDING, GRINDING-POLISHING, BLASTING AND ENGINE SAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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