Cave Spring Bauxite

Past Producer in Polk county in Georgia, United States with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068429
MRDS ID	W001486
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cave Spring Bauxite
Alternate or previous names	District In Northwest Georgia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-85.33245, 34.07793 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedartown West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Georgia	Polk

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	111
USGS model code	38b
Deposit model name	Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-85.33245, 34.07793	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENS/POD/PIPE

General form	LENS/POD/PIPE

Comments on the geologic information

Sink Hole Fills

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001486

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S.G.S. BULL. 1199-M
Deposit

White, W. S., And Denson, N. M., 1966, Bauxite Deposits Of Northwest Georgia; With A Section On The Summerville Area By J. C. Dunlap And E. F. Overstreet: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199-M, 42 P.White, W. S., And Denson, N. M., 1966, Bauxite Deposits Of Northwest Georgia; With A Section On The Summerville Area By J. C. Dunlap And E. F. Overstreet: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199-M, 42 P.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1973	Patterson, Sam H.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	14-APR-1998	Cocker, Mark D.	Georgia Geologic Survey	deposit type; model number; deposit model type;
Editor	01-NOV-2002	Woodruff, Laurel G.	U.S. Geological Survey	commodity codes; updated references; checked location

Beyond USGS

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