Tripoli

Past Producer in Tishomingo county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307006
Record type Site
Current site name Tripoli

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.11669, 34.86678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tishomingo(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Margerum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corinth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Tishomingo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.11669, 34.86678

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chert

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, L.G. U.S. Geological Survey Entered County; Entered Reference
Reporter 11-DEC-1998 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.