Spinks Clay Number 15 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226743
MRDS ID K000989
MAS/MILS ID 0470170014
Record type Site
Current site name Spinks Clay Number 15 Pit
Alternate or previous names H.C. Spinks Clay Company
Related records 10025282

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.44364, 35.8862 (WGS84)
Elevation 171

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer Shelter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.44364, 35.8862

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLIN IS MINED FORM THE LOWER EOCENE WILCOX 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 Dill, Guy
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCE FILE.

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81 - RECORD NO. 4002097.

  • Deposit

    ALSO LISTED ON A USGS GSC LIST OF JULY 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED UNDER THREE GSC ID #; K000989: W022607: W022620: AS OF JULY 95. MILS GSC DATA WAS NOT CHANGED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-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.