Mine detail: Wilcox Kaolin Belt

Previously called 'Tishomingo Pit'

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Location: Union County, Mississippi, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.54652, -89.17946
dep_id: 10292366
mas_id: 281450001
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Trace mineral: Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect
other_matl: Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Mica, Quartz, Siderite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Pk-Pk-Ats
disc_yr: 1887
References:
  • Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES I.C.8335 1967
  • Deposit:: CONANT L.C. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-B 1965
  • Deposit:: COULTER DON M. BUMINES R.I. 4235 1948
  • Deposit:: KERN MARSHALL K. MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 97 PP. 9-22
  • Deposit:: MELLEN FREDERIC FRANCIS MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 86 19
  • Deposit:: OVERSTREET F.F. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-A 1964
  • Deposit:: REED DONALD F. BUMINES R.I. 4281 1948
  • Deposit:: REED DONALD F. BUMINES R.I. 4827 1952
  • Deposit:: TOURTELOT H.A. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-C 1964
  • Deposit:: PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES IC 8648 1974
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