Pine Mountain Sandstone Outcrop

Prospect in Harlan county in Kentucky, 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. 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 10291379
MAS/MILS ID 0210950002
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mountain Sandstone Outcrop

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.30878, 36.90198 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harlan(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bledsoe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork(hydrologic unit)

Kentucky(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kentucky-Licking(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 Harlan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.30878, 36.90198

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLOYD AND MCGRAIN, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY FOR KENTUCKY

  • Deposit

    1953 AND 1954: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES 9,1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.