Mine detail: Usd Clay No. 3 Pit

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Location: Carroll County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.0062, -88.4981
dep_id: 10025279
mrds_id: K000986
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
prod_yrs: 1946-1973
References:
  • Deposit:: FERGUSON, C. C., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTINGDON QUADRANGLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, GEOL. MAP GM 9-SW AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY MRS 9-SW.
  • 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:: 1973 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOL
  • Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1973 MINE INVENTORY
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