| Deposit ID | 10250945 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470530001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gibson County Grenada Ball Clay |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.72835, 35.9448 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 122 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Gibson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -88.72835, 35.9448 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 7884M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 7884M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 6216HA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 7.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470530001 |
STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I C 8335 1967
WHITLATCH GEO I TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL BULL 49 1940
PETERS FRANK A. & PAUL W. JOHNSON, BUMINES I.C. 8648, 1974.
PETERS FRANK A ET AL BUMINES R I 6927 1967
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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