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Gleason Tennessee Ball Clay

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068443
MRDS ID W001501
Record type Site
Current site name Gleason Tennessee Ball Clay
Related records 10178426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.64644, 36.21565 (WGS84)
Relative position BALL CLAY ALSO EXTENDS INTO HENRY AND CARROLL COUNTIES

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
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSITS OCCUR IN HOLLY SPRINGS FM, EOCENE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.64644, 36.21565
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • GLEASON IS MAJOR BALL CLAY CENTER - 5 COMPANIES OPERATE PLANTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OVERBURDEN THICKNESS, LENTICULAR NATURE OF DEPOSITS, AND IMPURITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHELPS, G. W., 1972, THE BALL CLAYS OF TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY: AIME PREPRINT 72-H-305, P. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY DEPOSITS ARE CLAIBORNE, AS IN KY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey

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