Organ and Gowan Prospects

Prospect in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Ball 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274888
MAS/MILS ID 0470170063
Record type Site
Current site name Organ and Gowan Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.62565, 35.799 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Forked Deer(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
Ball Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.62565, 35.799

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Organ And Harrison Gowan
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLACH GI 1940 TN DIV GEOL BULL 49 P256-57.

  • Deposit

    OWNERS ARE FRED ORGAN AND HARRISON GOWAN AS OF 1940.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE HOLLY SPRINGS FORMATION.

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.