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Northwest Georgia Bauxite

Producer in Chattooga county in Georgia, United States with commodity Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068426
MRDS ID W001483
Record type Site
Current site name Northwest Georgia Bauxite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.16661, 34.50013 (WGS84)
Relative position FLOYD BARTOW POLK COUNTIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chattooga(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Subligna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chickamauga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Oostanaula(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chattahoochee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Chattooga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.16661, 34.50013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/PODS/PIPE
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1883

Mining district

District name Hermitage Cave Springs Bobo

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES OF BAUXITE SMALL BUT PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL GRADE BAUXITE IS CONTINUING

Comments on the workings information

  • REGION HAS PRODUCED MORE THAN 400,000 TONS BAUX. TO 1930 LATER PRODUCTION UNAVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SCATTERED SMALL DEPOSITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIECKI, W. T., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE HERMITAGE BAUXITE DISTRICT, BARTOW AND FLOYD COUNTIES GEORGIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4577, P. 1

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON W. S. WHITE

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 119-M

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIBBSITIC BAUXITE OCCURS IN PODS, LENSES, AND PIPES ENCLOSED BY KAOLIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1883 - FIRST U.S. DISCOVERY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 14-APR-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey record type; age of mineralization, deposit type; model number; deposit model type;
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; checked location

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

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