Mine detail: Bauxite and Kaolin - Pontotoc County

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Location

Lat / long: 34.2668, -89.00005

Resource(B)

Primary: Kaolin, Aluminum
Ore: Kaolinite, Gibbsite, Bauxite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Structure:Sandy Clay

References

DEP10306889
Reference{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:: 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.}{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.}
ReporterThompson, David E., Woodruff, L.G.