Stffordsville Sandstone Roadcut

Prospect in Johnson 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145176
MAS/MILS ID 0211150002
Record type Site
Current site name Stffordsville Sandstone Roadcut

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.85846, 37.84146 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paintsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Williamson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jenkins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Levisa(hydrologic unit)

Big Sandy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Sandy-Guyandotte(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Johnson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.85846, 37.84146

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sands Of Rockcastle Creek Inc.
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLOYD AND MCGRAIN, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY FOR KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    1953 AND 1954: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES 9,1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.