Como Tennesse Ball Clay Pit

Past Producer in Henry 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160001
MRDS ID W001505
MAS/MILS ID 0470790003
Record type Site
Current site name Como Tennesse Ball Clay Pit
Related records 10068447

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.52114, 36.28789 (WGS84)
Elevation 137

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Como(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(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 Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Loess

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 H. C. Spinks Clay Co., Inc.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER W001505.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY H.C. SPINKS CLAY COMPANY, INC.

  • Deposit

    # NUMEROUS SPINKS PROPERTIES; NOT KNOWN IF ACTIVE ALTHOUGH

  • Deposit

    # ON MSHA LIST 5/81.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0470799003.

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.