Fort Payne Chert

Prospect in Marshall county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121470
MAS/MILS ID 0211570001
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Payne Chert

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.14363, 36.75898 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marshall(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairdealing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murray(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Marshall

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.14363, 36.75898

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLOYD & MCGRAIN, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY FOR KENTUCKY 1953

  • Deposit

    & 1954: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES 9, 1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.