B F Thomas Deposit

Prospect in Monroe county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Bentonite
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 10243354
MAS/MILS ID 0280950029
Record type Site
Current site name B F Thomas Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.29924, 33.90874 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Point(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buttahatchee(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Monroe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 013 S 017 W 26 W2W2 Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.29924, 33.90874

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

    VESTAL, FRANKLIN EARL & MCCUTCHEON, THOMAS EDWIN, 1943, MISS

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURVEY BULL 57, P. 95 & PLATE 1.

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.