Overbey Prospect

Occurrence in Lewis county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
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 10226890
MAS/MILS ID 0471010064
Record type Site
Current site name Overbey Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.51331, 35.5095 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Lewis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.51331, 35.5095

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, ERNEST F., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 39, 1934, P. 147.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS J.D. OVERBEY AND COMPANY AS OF 1934.

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.

External references