South Somerville Prospect

Occurrence in Fayette county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Clay
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 10256472
MAS/MILS ID 0470470016
Record type Site
Current site name South Somerville Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.35007, 35.20841 (WGS84)
Elevation 128

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Somerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Loosahatchie(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.35007, 35.20841

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITLACH GI 1940 TN DIV GEOL BULL 49 P293-94.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE GRENADA 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.