Mayfield Kentucky Ball Clay

Producer in Graves county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Ball Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068448
MRDS ID W001506
Record type Site
Current site name Mayfield Kentucky Ball Clay
Related records 10169644

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.58533, 36.68508 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graves(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farmington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murray(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bayou De Chien-Mayfield(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Graves

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 51.7 % SIO2, 30.5 % AL2O3, 0.1 % FE2O3, 0.0 % MNO, 0.3 % CAO, 2.5 % MGO, 0.5 % K2O, 1.8 % NA2O, 1.7 % TI02, 10.9 %LOI.

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner K-T Clay Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE MANY PITS IN THE CLAIBORNE AND ONLY 1 PIT IN THE WILCOX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Hosterman, John W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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