Mine detail: Bauxite and Kaolin - Tippah and Benton Counties

Previously called 'Tippah-Benton, Miss.'

Location:	Tippah County, Mississippi, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.71706, -89.08343
dep_id:	10068414
mrds_id:	W001468
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Aluminum, Kaolin
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Bauxite, Gibbsite, Kaolinite
gangue:	Quartz
model:	217: Sedimentary kaolin
Reporter:	Patterson, Sam H., Thompson, David E., Woodruff, Laurel G.
arock_type:	Clay, Mud
Structure:	Sandy Clay
References:	Deposit:: TOURTELOT, H. A., 1964, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE TIPPAH-BENTON DISTRICT, MISSISSIPPI: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-C, P. 31 Deposit:: REED, D. F., 1948, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF TIPPAH AND BENTON COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4281, P. 15 Deposit:: CONANT, L.C., 1965, BAUXITE AND KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF MISSISSIPPI, EXCLUSIVE OF THE TIPPAH-BENTON DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-B, P. B1-B70. Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL USBM - R.I. Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP H. A. TOURTELOT 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. Deposit:: Conant, L. C., 1965, Bauxite And Kaolin Deposits Of Mississippi Exclusive Of The Tippah-Benton District: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1199-B, 70 P.Conant, L. C., 1965, Bauxite And Kaolin Deposits Of Mississippi Exclusive Of The Tippah-Benton District: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1199-B, 70 P. Deposit:: Reed, D. F., 1952, Investigations Of High-Alumina Clays And Bauxite Of Northeastern Mississippi: U.S. Bureau Mines Report Investitgaton 4827, 84 P.Reed, D. F., 1952, Investigations Of High-Alumina Clays And Bauxite Of Northeastern Mississippi: U.S. Bureau Mines Report Investitgaton 4827, 84 P. Deposit:: Tourtelot, H.A., 1964, Bauxite Deposits Of The Tippah-Benton District, Missisippi: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199-C, 31 P.Tourtelot, H.A., 1964, Bauxite Deposits Of The Tippah-Benton District, Missisippi: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199-C, 31 P.