Mine detail: K-T Clay No. 13

Previously called 'Shankle Pit'

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Location: Henry County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.4037, -88.42948
dep_id: 10025213
mrds_id: K000904
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Ball Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Mississippi Embayment
Year first produced: 1969
prod_yrs: 1969-1973
References:
  • Deposit:: WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE CLAYS OF WEST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 49, 355 P.
  • Deposit:: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, JOINT COMPILATION.
  • Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY
  • Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY
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