U.S.D. Clay Number 3 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 10274840
MRDS ID K000986
MAS/MILS ID 0470170003
Record type Site
Current site name U.S.D. Clay Number 3 Pit
Alternate or previous names Cyrus Mines Corp., United Sierra, Division
Related records 10025279

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.49814, 36.00619 (WGS84)
Elevation 155

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntingdon(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 Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.49814, 36.00619

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BALL CLAY IS MINED FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLAIBORNE 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 Mrs. Gordon Adamson
    ID 4001324
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH & SAFETY INSPECTION REPORTS FEBRUARY 6, 1973 &

  • Deposit

    APRIL 23, 1975.

  • Deposit

    USGS GSC LIST, JULY 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED UNDER TWO GSC ID # K000986 AND W022609.

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.