Gibson County Grenada Ball Clay

Prospect in Gibson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Water, Free
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250945
MAS/MILS ID 0470530001
Record type Site
Current site name Gibson County Grenada Ball Clay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.72835, 35.9448 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gibson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(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 Gibson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.72835, 35.9448

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.8M
    Length 7884M
    Width 7884M
    Area 6216HA
    Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6216
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I C 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH GEO I TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL BULL 49 1940

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. & PAUL W. JOHNSON, BUMINES I.C. 8648, 1974.

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A ET AL BUMINES R I 6927 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010/NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON BENEFICIATION OR M GICAL TESTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OFALUMINUM FROM BALL CLAYS MI ENEFICIATION AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED AND ORE ONLY A LOCATION DESCRIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER RECORD 030/DEPOSIT OCCURS IN 2 COUNTIES 75 PERCENT OF THE DE IS FOUND IN GIBSON CO AND 25 PERCENT IN CARROLL CO RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN PARTS OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWI MINUTE QUADRANGLES-BRADFORD-TREZEVANT WEST-MILAN-AND ATWOOD MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1937 AS GIVEN IN BUMINES IC 8335 196 ODUCTION 1937 TO 1972 MATRIX/1 GRADE & TONS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE CONTEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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