Sample PN-33

Occurrence in Sabine county in Louisiana, United States with commodity Germanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400488
Record type Site
Current site name Sample PN-33

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.35812, 31.56131 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sabine(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vowells Mill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Natchitoches(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alexandria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Red-Lake Iatt(hydrologic unit)

Red-Saline(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Sabine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 7 N 10 W 26 SE1/4 NE1/4 Arkansas

Comments on the location information

  • Geo coordinates are approximately centroid in section fraction.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Germanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.35812, 31.56131

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    Hard Copy File. 1953.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Lignite outcrop contains les than .001 percent germanium.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-OCT-53 R. G. Knickerbocker U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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