Unnamed Shale Prospect

Occurrence in Fayette county in Pennsylvania, 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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129056
MAS/MILS ID 0420510021
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shale Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -79.92446, 39.85283 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fayette(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Masontown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morgantown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Monongahela(hydrologic unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic accounting unit)

Monongahela(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Fayette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -79.92446, 39.85283

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HICKOK AND MOYER,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FAYETTE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,PA.,PGS BULL.C26 1940 PG.444

  • Deposit

    SHALE IS CLAY

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.