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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143921
MRDS ID W100873
MAS/MILS ID 0130570004
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee Iron Mine
Related records 10083984

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.50162, 34.31593 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Metagraywacke/ Mica Schist-Quartzite/ Amphibolite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Mining And Engineering Co.
    Home office Kentucky
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 50 CARS OF ORE. THE ORE AS MASSIVE LIMONITE ENCLOSED IN MICACEOUS SCHIST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I.4178, 1948, P 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-1994 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.