Lexington Prospect

Occurrence in Henderson county in Tennessee, 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 10129001
MAS/MILS ID 0470770033
Record type Site
Current site name Lexington Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.60225, 35.36651 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McNairy(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Peter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selmer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Forked Deer(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Henderson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.60225, 35.36651

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

    WHITLATCH, GEO. I., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 49, 1940, P. 170.

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE COON CREEK TONGUE OF THE RIPLEY FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.