Wacaster Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Georgia, United States with commodity Mica
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 10215816
MAS/MILS ID 0130570031
Record type Site
Current site name Wacaster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.50602, 34.16843 (WGS84)
Elevation 323

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Canton(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
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.50602, 34.16843

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E WM, KLEPPER, MONTIS R & JAHNS, RICHARD H, 1953,

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 248-F, P. 380.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-KAOLINIZED FEDPSPAR, & QUARTZ.

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.