Holcomb Pit

Past Producer in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Silica
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 10299153
MRDS ID K001400
MAS/MILS ID 0470170010
Record type Site
Current site name Holcomb Pit
Related records 10025513

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.26894, 36.03899 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.26894, 36.03899

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. P. Holcomb
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hardy Sand Co.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001400.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY E.P. HOLCOMB.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION PRODUCES MOLDING SAND FROM UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT

  • Deposit

    DOES NOT APPEAR ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS;

  • Deposit

    ASSUME PAST PRODUCER.

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.