Lexington Placer

Producer in Henderson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium, Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10068335
MRDS ID W001339
Record type Site
Current site name Lexington Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.38337, 35.6501 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lexington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee-Beech(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Henderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Thorium Secondary
Kyanite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.38337, 35.6501

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FINE GRAINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILCOX 1971 TENN. DIV. GEOL. R. I. 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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