R.L. Wiggs Farm Pit

Prospect in Weakley county in Tennessee, 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. 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 10129494
MAS/MILS ID 0471830036
Record type Site
Current site name R.L. Wiggs Farm Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.23753, 36.64198 (WGS84)
Elevation 116

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calloway(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murray(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Weakley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.23753, 36.64198

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, P. 305.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS R.L. WIGGS AS OF 1940. CLAY IS IN THE GRENADA FORM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 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.