Eason Pit

Producer in Henderson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106850
MRDS ID K001586
Record type Site
Current site name Eason Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.3331, 35.63232 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position ON SOUTH SIDE OF TENN. HWY. 20 ABOUT 1.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSING OF HARMON CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesterfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(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 Henderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Mcnairy Sand
    Rock description Mcnairy Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.3331, 35.63232

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ayers Mineral Division, Central Silica Co.
    Home office H.O. - 806 Market St., Zanesville, Oh., F.O. - Ayers St
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Louise Eason
    Home office Lexington, Tn. 38351

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 TONS; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK AND RAILROAD . MOLDING SAND.

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

Beyond USGS

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