Henry County Mines & Mill

Producer in Henry 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 10202632
MRDS ID K000913
MAS/MILS ID 0470790005
Record type Site
Current site name Henry County Mines & Mill
Alternate or previous names Spinks Clay Pit #9
Related records 10025220

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.48064, 36.20979 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henry(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
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.48064, 36.20979

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 Owner
    Owner H. C. Spinks Clay Co., Inc.
    ID 4000194
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCER LIST 11-82

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATIO

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID4000194
Mine name (MSHA)Henry County Mines & Mill
Current operatorH.C. Spinks Clay Co.
Current controller (parent)Lhoist Group
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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