Commodities
PrimaryBall Clay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Geology
StructureMississippi Embayment
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1950'S-1973
First production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10025278
MRDS IDK000985
Alternate namesMitchell Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.1012, -88.47532
References
WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE CLAYS OF WEST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 49, 355 P.FERGUSON, 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-SW1940 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORTMINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972; T.D.G., T.V.A. AND U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT1970 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, MAP-REPORT1973 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORYTENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY