Old Hancock Pit

Past Producer in Hardeman 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154622
MAS/MILS ID 0470690027
Record type Site
Current site name Old Hancock Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.19426, 35.03201 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardeman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wolf(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hardeman

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.19426, 35.03201

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. J. Beasley
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLACH GI 1940 TN DIV GEOL BULL 49 P272-73.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE HOLLY SPRINGS FORMATION.

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.