Buffalo Cove Quarry

Prospect in Fentress county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Strontium
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 10299617
MAS/MILS ID 0470490012
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Cove Quarry
Alternate or previous names Joe Young Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.97413, 36.38009 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fentress(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamestown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oak Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fentress

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.97413, 36.38009

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KESLER TL 1942 CELESTITE ORE IN BUFFALO COVE: US BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERAL FILES DATA.

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.