N.Houghton Lake Clay Sample

Prospect in Roscommon county in Michigan, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159534
MAS/MILS ID 0261430011
Record type Site
Current site name N.Houghton Lake Clay Sample

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -84.77212, 44.3189 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Roscommon(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Houghton Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houghton Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Traverse City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muskegon(hydrologic unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Roscommon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 022 N 004 W 11 N2NENE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -84.77212, 44.3189

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN,GEORGE,G.MICH.GEOL.SURV.PUBL.36 1924 PPS 352-353

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.