Chert Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in Tennessee, 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 10178957
MAS/MILS ID 0470990026
Record type Site
Current site name Chert Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.51251, 35.03821 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Joseph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawrenceburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pickwick Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.51251, 35.03821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MISRE HD 1921 TN DIV GEOL BULL 26 P143-44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.