Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 8 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201962
MRDS ID K000921
MAS/MILS ID 0470170005
Record type Site
Current site name Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 8 Pit
Alternate or previous names Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co., Inc., Hobbs Pit
Related records 10025226

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.44894, 36.10869 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntingdon(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.44894, 36.10869

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CALIBORNE 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 Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Co.
    ID 4001053
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MARCH 9, 1972.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81.

  • Deposit

    USGS GSC JULY 95 LIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-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.