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Bauxite and Kaolin - Tippah and Benton Counties + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Fullers Earth, Blue Mountain, Mississippi + 1 more nearby (Producer)W.T. Meadows Deposit (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect + 4 more nearby (Occurrence)E.M. Hardin Prospect (Prospect)F.O. Hudspeth Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Finger Deposit + 1 more nearby (Prospect)W.T.Shelton Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Bauxite Prospect + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Unnamed Bauxite Prospect (Prospect)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Strickland&Hazardl + 2 more nearby (Unknown)Unnamed Prospect (Occurrence)Green Wattes Prospect + 2 more nearby (Prospect)J.P. Clemmer Prospect (Prospect)W.D.Shelton Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Prospect + 6 more nearby (Occurrence)Hopper-Martindale Prospect (Prospect)Hopper-Martindale Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)J.C. James Prospect + 3 more nearby (Prospect)J.C. Mcelwain Prospect (Prospect)Fuller's Earth, Ripley, Mississippi (Producer)J.W. Jones Prospect (Prospect)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
23 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 6 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Bauxite and Kaolin - Tippah and Benton Counties

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Aluminum, Kaolin. Minerals mentioned: Quartz. Approx. location 34.717, -89.083. USGS record.

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Field cards: what kind of sites?

26
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

23
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

2
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Montmorillonite 2Bauxite 1Gibbsite 1Kaolinite 1

Commodities

Aluminum 40Kaolin 8Fullers Earth 2Iron 2

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Bauxite and Kaolin - Tippah and Benton CountiesAluminum, KaolinBauxite, Gibbsite, KaoliniteOccurrence34.717, -89.083
Fuller's Earth, Ripley, MississippiFullers EarthMontmorilloniteProducer34.717, -88.991
Fullers Earth, Blue Mountain, MississippiFullers EarthMontmorilloniteProducer34.667, -89.083
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.753, -89.054
Green Wattes ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.856, -88.995
J.W. Jones ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.811, -88.966
Hopper-Martindale ProspectKaolin—Occurrence34.874, -88.987
Flat Rock Church ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.829, -89.102
J.C. James ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.858, -88.992
Hopper-Martindale ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.878, -88.979
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.816, -89.001
Unnamed Bauxite ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.684, -89.042
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.843, -89.028
Salvation Army PropertyAluminum—Prospect34.654, -89.102
I.V. James ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.858, -88.983
Strickland&HazardlAluminum—Unknown34.808, -89.014
Mcgill-Tapp ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.836, -89.042
Finger DepositAluminum—Prospect34.848, -89.029
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.809, -89.008
Unnamed ProspectKaolin—Occurrence34.750, -89.049
Unnamed ProspectKaolin—Occurrence34.812, -89.013
E. P. Barber ProspectKaolin—Occurrence34.748, -89.057
Unnamed ProspectIron—Occurrence34.875, -88.998
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.815, -89.004
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.811, -89.005
Unnamed Bauxite ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.852, -88.991
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.843, -89.037
Patrick-Harrell Prospect——Prospect34.863, -88.991
Unnamed Bauxite ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.668, -89.045
F.O. Hudspeth ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.665, -89.056
A.J. & Callie Guyton PropertyAluminum—Unknown34.686, -89.036
J.C. Mcelwain ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.839, -88.980
Unnamed Prospect——Prospect34.667, -89.083
Unnamed ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.813, -89.007
Unnamed ProspectKaolin—Occurrence34.849, -89.002
W.M. Dodson ProspectAluminum—Prospect34.852, -89.004
W.T.Shelton ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.776, -89.041
A.N.Thompson ProspectAluminum—Occurrence34.810, -89.014
Hopper-Martindale ProspectKaolin—Occurrence34.868, -88.990
Shelton DepositAluminum—Prospect34.811, -89.007

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 37 fossil collection records in Tippah County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Benton County · Marshall County · Union County · Lafayette County · Pontotoc County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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