Old Hickory Clay Number 1 Pit

Unknown in Weakley 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256671
MRDS ID K000940
MAS/MILS ID 0471830014
Record type Site
Current site name Old Hickory Clay Number 1 Pit
Alternate or previous names Old Hickory Clay Company, Volunteer and Thomas Pits
Related records 10106791

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.69255, 36.18149 (WGS84)
Elevation 101

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weakley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pillowville(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 Weakley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.69255, 36.18149

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000940

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS MARCH 9, 1972.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY OLD HICKORY CLAY COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE FORMATIO

  • Deposit

    OPERATION CONSISTS OF 2 PITS.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; STATUS UNKNOWN.

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.