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Tallapoosa Mine

Past Producer in Haralson county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067861
MRDS ID W000734
Record type Site
Current site name Tallapoosa Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Waldrop Copper Mine
Related records 10067860, 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron-Pyrite Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite
  • (Local) Dolomite
  • (Local) Garnet
  • (Local) Muscovite

Analytical data

Result CU 0.1-4.75%
Result ZN 0.5-5.1%
Result AU 0.45 OPT
Result AG 1.4OPT

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
    Rock unit name Dog River Formation
    Rock description Dog River Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.08324, 33.85014
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chlorite Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE, WITH MORE THAN 1% COPPER IN HYPOGENE SULFIDE ORE; 40 TO 70 PPM COBALT REPORTED. ORE BODY OCCURS IN A GREENISH-GRAY, FINELY LAMINATED SCHIST, LOCALLY CRINKLED AND SHARPLY FOLDED. IN PLACES THE SCHIST IS MARKEDLY TALCOSE; IN OTHERS IN HAS A GRITTY QUARTZITIC PHASE.
  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL PERIDOTITE INTRUSIVE, 140 FT. LONG AND 5-20 FT. WIDE AS EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE, CONTAINS DISSEMINATIONS, SMALL MASSES AND VEINLETS OF PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Draketown Pyrite District

Production statistics

  • Year 1885
    Period 1881-1885
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average 3.2% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct
  • Year 1918
    Material CU
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.5% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION, BUT FIGURES ARE UNKNOWN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: US

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SHEARER AND HULL, 1918, GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 33

  • Production

    REFERENCE(2)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Ore Body Appears To Conform To the Structure of the Enclosing Schist. Drilling Has Indicated That the 'Minable' Portion of the Vein Extends For At Least 300 Ft. Along the Strike, and Possibly 400 Ft. ; Info.Src : 4 Other Src
Deposit FOUR SHALLOW DIAMOND-DRILL HOSES ACROSS THE PERIDOTE SHOWED 15 FT. IN ONE HOLE THAT CONTAINS 1.31% NI AND 1.24% CU, AND 15 FT. IN ANOTHER THAT CONTAINS 0.77% NI AND 0.82% CU; TWO HOLES WERE BARREW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE ORE BODY APPEARS TO CONFORM TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENCLOSING SCHIST. DRILLING HAS INDICATED THAT THE 'MINABLE' PORTION OF THE VEIN EXTENDS FOR AT LEAST 300 FT. ALONG THE STRIKE, AND POSSIBLY 400 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Cannon, Suzanne S., Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey location accuracy, easting and northing, comm
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, Terry L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey added commodity codes; checked location

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