Sylvarena Bucatunna Clay Mine

Producer in Smith county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Montmorillonite
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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306992
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvarena Bucatunna Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.40007, 31.98477 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laurel(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hattiesburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Leaf(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Montmorillonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Used As A Feed Mineral Supplement and Soil Conditioner

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore
Illite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.40007, 31.98477

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silty Clay

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, L.G. U.S. Geological Survey Entered County; Entered Reference
Reporter 11-DEC-1998 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.