Mine detail: Brick Clay, Hudsonville, Mississippi

Previously called 'Brick Clay Hudsonville, Miss.'

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Location: Benton County, Mississippi, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.86484, -89.33895
dep_id: 10068449
mrds_id: W001508
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Brick Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Montmorillonite, Kaolinite
gangue: Quartz, Illite
model: 219: Fire clay
Reporter: Hosterman, John W., Thompson, David E., Woodruff, Laurel G.
hrock_type: Syenite,Intrusive Carbonatite
Structure: Silty Clay
References:
  • Deposit:: MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 11
  • 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:: Bicker, A.R., Jr., 1970, Economic Minerals Of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 112, 80 P.Bicker, A.R., Jr., 1970, Economic Minerals Of Mississippi: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 112, 80 P.
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