U.S.D. Clay Number 7 Pit

Producer in Carroll 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129263
MRDS ID K000988
MAS/MILS ID 0470170002
Record type Site
Current site name U.S.D. Clay Number 7 Pit
Alternate or previous names Cyprus Mines Corp., United Sierra, Division
Related records 10025281

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.46424, 35.8693 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarksburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.46424, 35.8693

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLIN IS MINED FROM THE LOWER EOCENE WILCOX FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruff Ross
    ID 4001324
    Year 1981
  • Type Lessee
    Owner American Cyanamid Co. (Leased From Owner)
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cyprus Mines-Amoco Minerals (Subleased From Am. Cyanam).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT FEBRUARY 7, 1973.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    USGS GSC LIST OF JULY 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED UNDER TWO GSC ID #: K000988 AND W022608.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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