Tallapoosa Copper Mine

Past Producer in Haralson county in Georgia, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168677
MAS/MILS ID 0131430020
Record type Site
Current site name Tallapoosa Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -85.07964, 33.85844 (WGS84)
Elevation 314
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haralson(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draketown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Haralson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -85.07964, 33.85844

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, T.J. DIAMOND DRILLING AT THE TALLAPOOSA COPPER

  • Deposit

    MINE. 1948.

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.