Hopper-Martindale Prospect

Occurrence in Tippah county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Kaolin
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 10122196
MAS/MILS ID 0281390043
Record type Site
Current site name Hopper-Martindale Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.98676, 34.87432 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tippah(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Falkner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corinth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hatchie(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Holly Springs National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Bienville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Mississippi(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Tippah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Porters Creek formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOURTELOT, HARRY A., 1964, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1199

  • Deposit

    C26.

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.