Chattanooga Shale Drill Hole

Prospect in Davidson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Oil Shale, Uranium
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 10251705
MAS/MILS ID 0470370016
Record type Site
Current site name Chattanooga Shale Drill Hole
Alternate or previous names Drill Hole Nv-54

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.87529, 36.26119 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forest Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Sycamore(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Oil Shale Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.87529, 36.26119

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, CARL C. & WILSON, JR., CHARLES W., 1976, MIN RES

  • Deposit

    SUM OF FOREST GROVE QUAD: TN DIV GEOL, P9.

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.