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Ball Clay, Crenshaw, Mississippi

Producer in Panola county in Mississippi, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068451
MRDS ID W001510
Record type Site
Current site name Ball Clay, Crenshaw, Mississippi
Alternate or previous names Crenshaw Miss. Ball Clay
Related records 10267726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.16147, 34.47707 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Panola(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crenshaw South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clarksdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Helena(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coldwater(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Panola

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • X-RAY DIFF. AND X-RAY FLUOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PERCENT: SIO2(67.4) AL2O3(18.7) FE2O3(1.4) MNO(0.0) CAO(0.6) MGO(3.2) K2O(0.8) NA2O(0.0) TIO2(1.3) LOI(6.5)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.16147, 34.47707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cook Mountain Formation; Silty Clay

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • BALL CLAY IS IN ZILPHA FM OF EOCENE AGE in original record;
  • Cook Mountain Formation in updated record;
  • PERCENT: SIO2(67.4) AL2O3(18.7) FE2O3(1.4) MNO(0.0) CAO(0.6) MGO(3.2) K2O(0.8) NA2O(0.0) TIO2(1.3) LOI(6.5)

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.

Comments on development

  • KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE PLANT AND PIT ACTIVE 1972. PIT LOCATED IN BLUFF EAST OF PLANT ; ECON.COM: OVERBURDEN LENTICULAR NATURE IMPURITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 112

  • Deposit

    PHELPS, (1972) AIME PREPRINT 72-H-305

  • Deposit

    Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.

  • Deposit

    Bicker, A.R., Jr., 1970, Economic Minerals Of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 112, 80 P.Bicker, A.R., Jr., 1970, Economic Minerals Of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 112, 80 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BALL CLAY IS IN ZILPHA FM OF EOCENE AGE
Deposit Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 24-SEP-1997 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology Changed Formation Name From Zilpha To Cook Mountain; Added Reference
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Added County And Commodity Codes, Compiled Information From Original Mrds Record

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