Sawnee Mt.

Past Producer in Forsyth county in Georgia, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083407
MRDS ID W100151
Record type Site
Current site name Sawnee Mt.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.13321, 34.24453 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Forsyth(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumming(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Etowah(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Forsyth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.13321, 34.24453

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LESURE, 1983; PARDEE & PARKS

  • Deposit

    Lesure, F.G., Curtin, G. C., And D'Agistino, J.P., 1993, Mineral Resource Assessment Of Gold And Silver In The Greenville 1-Degree X 2-Degree Quadrangle, South Carolina, Georgia, And North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey Field InvestigatioLesure, F.G., Curtin, G. C., And D'Agistino, J.P., 1993, Mineral Resource Assessment Of Gold And Silver In The Greenville 1-Degree X 2-Degree Quadrangle, South Carolina, Georgia, And North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey Field Investigatio

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey location accuracy, easting and northing, add non-ore min.; deleted reference
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
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.