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#5 McKensie - Swiney Pit

Producer in McNairy county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025528
MRDS ID K001420
Record type Site
Current site name #5 McKensie - Swiney Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.39893, 35.13817 (WGS84)
Elevation 136
Relative position 1.15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHURCH AT WEST SHILOH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McNairy(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stantonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selmer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee-Beech(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee McNairy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Fluvial Deposits
    Rock description Fluvial Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.39893, 35.13817
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paul Davis Contracting Co.
    Home office 2310 Wayne Road, Savannah, Tn. 38372
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lewis Mckensie, Stantonville, Tn.; Pearl Swiney, Adamsville, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - DRY SCREENING . MATERIAL FOR ROADBASE GRAVEL.

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

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