Fred Nixson Prospect

Prospect in Hamilton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232720
MAS/MILS ID 0470650009
Record type Site
Current site name Fred Nixson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.18684, 35.14931 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamilton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daisy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hamilton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULLISON, JAMES S., PRELIMINARY REPORT ON BAUXITE IN EAST TE

  • Deposit

    JULY 10, 1942, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AS OF JULY 1

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.