Weakley County Grenada Ball Clay

Past Producer in Weakley county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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 10275902
MAS/MILS ID 0471830001
Record type Site
Current site name Weakley County Grenada Ball Clay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.62925, 36.29699 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weakley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dresden(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
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.62925, 36.29699

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.8M
    Length 8362M
    Width 8362M
    Area 6993HA
    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 6.1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6993
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH GEO. I. TENESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 49 1940

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. AND 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/DEPOSIT IS IN AN ACTIVE MINING AREA. MINING BENEF N AND TRANSPORTATION RECORDS ARE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY A LOCATI RIPTION WITH A MATRIX IS INCLUDED PER REQUEST OF FIELD COORD FOR ALUMINA STUDY ENDING MARCH 15 1975. RECORD 030/REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER RECORD 040/THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ALL OR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWI QUADRANGLES-DRESDEN-COMO-PILLOWVILLE WEST-AND MC KENZIE MATRIX 1/RESERVES AS OF 1937 AS GIVEN IN BUMINES IC 8335 196 PRODUCTION FROM 1937 TO 1972. MATRIX RECORD 1 GRADE & TONS HAVEBEEN ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-1996 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.