Cherokee Iron Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Georgia, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083984
MRDS ID W100873
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee Iron Mine
Related records 10143921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.50552, 34.30703 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waleska(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 Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • Located From Literature

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.50552, 34.30703

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

    USBM R.I. 4178

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Report Of Investigations 4178U.S. Bureau Of Mines Report Of Investigations 4178

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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

Beyond USGS

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