Mine detail: Jackson Purchase Ball Clay Region

Previously called 'Holly Springs Clay'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.78788, -88.65865

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Titanium, Aluminum, Iron, Silica
Other material:	Kaolinite, Marcasite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

References

MAS	210830001
DEP	10121189
Reference	{Deposit:: STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967.}{Deposit:: FREEMAN LOUISE BARTON KENTUCKY GEOL. SURV. SERIES IX BULL. 4}{Deposit:: PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974.}{Deposit:: PETERS FRANK A. ET.AL. BUMINES R.I. 6927 1967.}
Reporter	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)