Blue Gap Roadcut

Prospect in Nelson county in Kentucky, 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 10169736
MAS/MILS ID 0211790001
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Gap Roadcut

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.56185, 37.68926 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Kentucky(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Haven(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elizabethtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winchester(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rolling Fork(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio-Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Kentucky Nelson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.56185, 37.68926

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLOYD & MCGRAIN, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY FOR KENTUCKY 1953

  • Deposit

    & 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.