Commodities
PrimaryBall Clay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
StructureMississippi Embayment
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1940'S-1973
First production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10025226
MRDS IDK000921
Alternate namesHobbs Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.1087, -88.44893
References
WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE CLAYS OF WEST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 49, 355 P.FURGUSON, C. C., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTINGDON QUADRANGLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, GEOL. MAP GM 9-SW AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY MRS 9-SWTENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, JOINT COMPILATION.1940 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT1970 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORYTENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1973 MINE INVENTORY