Lyon Prospect

Prospect 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 10276151
MAS/MILS ID 0471010053
Record type Site
Current site name Lyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.42921, 35.534 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gordonsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Duck(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) -87.42921, 35.534

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
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. 134.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS M.F. LYON 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.