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Negro Fairgrounds Prospect

Prospect in Carroll county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Ball Clay
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  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 10226352
MAS/MILS ID 0470170053
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Fairgrounds Prospect
Alternate or previous names Nigger Fairgrounds Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.49114, 36.97228 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCracken(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elva(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murray(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Ball Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.49114, 36.97228
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, P. 251.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE HOLLY SPRINGS FORMATION.

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.

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