Green River Shale

Prospect in Butler county in Kentucky, United States with commodity Clay
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 10169798
MAS/MILS ID 0210310003
Record type Site
Current site name Green River Shale

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.68689, 37.24587 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butler(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgantown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Evansville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Green(hydrologic unit)

Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Green(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Butler

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.68689, 37.24587

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

    FLOYD & KENDALL, MISC. CLAY & SHALE ANALYSES FOR 1952-54,

  • Deposit

    KENT. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES 9, 1951-55

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.