Malin Pit

Past Producer in Benton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226058
MRDS ID W022563
MAS/MILS ID 0470050002
Record type Site
Current site name Malin Pit
Alternate or previous names Camden Mine, Tri-State Sand Company
Related records 10100105

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.18863, 36.04589 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bruceton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Benton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.18863, 36.04589

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER KOO1595.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT SEPTEMBER 2-3, 1971

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY CHARLES MALIN.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AND PRODUCES MOLDING SAND.

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.