Allatoona Dam Deposit

Occurrence in Bartow county in Georgia, United States with commodity Titanium
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 10084776
MRDS ID W102227
Record type Site
Current site name Allatoona Dam Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.69573, 34.22183 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bartow(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allatoona Dam(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 Bartow

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.69573, 34.22183

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR PROSPECT OF ILMENITE IN SAPROLITE. THE HOST ROCK IS PORPHYROBLASTIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC FORCE, USGS FILES

  • Deposit

    Whitlow, J.W., 1962, Red Iron-Ore Beds Of Silurian Age In Northeastern Alabama, Northwestern Georgia, And Eastern Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations Map Mf-175, Scale 1:250,000.Whitlow, J.W., 1962, Red Iron-Ore Beds Of Silurian Age In Northeastern Alabama, Northwestern Georgia, And Eastern Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations Map Mf-175, Scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Eric Force, USGS Files

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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