Smith-Mccandless

Occurrence in Haralson county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron-Pyrite, Cobalt, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067860
MRDS ID W000733
Record type Site
Current site name Smith-Mccandless
Alternate or previous names Smith-Candless
Related records 10067861, 10119380, 10241136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.08324, 33.85014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haralson(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draketown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Haralson

Comments on the location information

  • Latitude-Longitude Calcualted From Northing and Easting

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron-Pyrite Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.08324, 33.85014

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHARACTER OF HYPOGENE SULFIDE ORE POORLY KNOWN; CARRIES 160 PPM CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINKEL, A.R., WRITTEN COMMUNICATION TO J.S. VHAY

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

  • Deposit

    Kinkel, A.R., Written Communication To J.S. Vhay

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Info.Src : 5 Pers Comm

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey location accuracy, easting and northing, name
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey calculated lat/long; updated reference; added commodity codes

Beyond USGS

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