Silerton Prospect

Occurrence in Chester 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 10202136
MAS/MILS ID 0470230008
Record type Site
Current site name Silerton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.79085, 35.33371 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chester(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silerton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selmer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hatchie(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Chester

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.79085, 35.33371

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, PP. 224-

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS IN THE PORTERS CREEK FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.