Southwest Selmer Prospect

Occurrence in McNairy 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 10280975
MAS/MILS ID 0471090016
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Selmer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.50314, 35.19541 (WGS84)
Elevation 171

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McNairy(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purdy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selmer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hatchie(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee McNairy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.50314, 35.19541

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 P186-87.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE MCNAIRY SAND MEMBER OF THE RIPLEY 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.