Norton Pit

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Georgia, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055291
MRDS ID RE00593
Record type Site
Current site name Norton Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.33046, 33.21125 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Matthews(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brier(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.33046, 33.21125

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ga-Tenn Mining Chemical Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN HOSTERMAN, CLAY COMMODITY SPECIALIST, USGS, UNPUBLISHED DIGITAL DATA

  • Deposit

    John Hosterman, Clay Commodity Specialist, Usgs, Unpublished Digital Data.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, Terry L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey checked location; entered commodity codes

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.