Parkers Lake Shale

Prospect in McCreary county in Kentucky, 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 10145293
MAS/MILS ID 0211470001
Record type Site
Current site name Parkers Lake Shale

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.48162, 36.83648 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McCreary(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiborg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Daniel Boone National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky McCreary

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.48162, 36.83648

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 National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KENDALL AND MCGRAIN, MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    CLAYS AND SHALES FOR 1960-1970: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    SERIES 10,1972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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.