Mine detail: Ball Clay, Crenshaw, Mississippi

Previously called 'Crenshaw Miss. Ball Clay'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.47707, -90.16147

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kaolin
Ore:	Kaolinite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Structure:

Cook Mountain Formation; Silty Clay

References

MRDS	W001510
DEP	10068451
Reference	{Deposit:: MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 112}{Deposit:: PHELPS, (1972) AIME PREPRINT 72-H-305}{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.}
Reporter	Patterson, Sam H., Thompson, David E., Woodruff, Laurel G.