Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 12 Pit

Past Producer in Gibson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10075877
MRDS ID W022671
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 12 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.75588, 36.08009 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gibson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradford(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 Gibson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.75588, 36.08009

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000949.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MARCH 9, 1972 AND

  • Deposit

    MARCH 27, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY J.H. LOWERY AND IS OPERATED BY KENTUCKY- TENNESSEE CLAY COMPANY, INCORPORATED. BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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