Graves County Mines

Producer in Graves county in Kentucky, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145223
MRDS ID W001507
MAS/MILS ID 0210830003
Record type Site
Current site name Graves County Mines
Alternate or previous names Hickory Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.66815, 36.81398 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graves(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hickory(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murray(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bayou De Chien-Mayfield(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Graves

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.66815, 36.81398

Economic information

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 Operator
    Owner Old Hickory Clay Co.
    ID 1500188
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 4-23-81

  • Deposit

    KY. BUREAU OF SURFACE MINE RECLAMATION FEB 1978

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2009
MSHA mine ID1500188
Mine name (MSHA)Graves County Mines
Current operatorOld Hickory Clay Company
Current controller (parent)J Lee Powell
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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