Fox and Dowler Property

Past Producer in Catoosa county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119459
MAS/MILS ID 0130470001
Record type Site
Current site name Fox and Dowler Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.02494, 34.87542 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catoosa(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ringgold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chickamauga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Catoosa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.02494, 34.87542

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Tunnel Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Fox And F. H. Dowler
    Interest 100
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • APPROX. 30 TONS OF MN AND MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORES SHIPPED BY CATOOSA MINING CO. FROM THIS MINE FROM 1889-1893. IN 1918 A TONS WERE SHIPPED ALSO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC SURVEY OF GEORGIA, BULLETIN 35, PP. 186-189.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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