Coosa Creek Gold Mine

Past Producer in Union county in Georgia, United States with commodity Gold
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 10240673
MAS/MILS ID 0132910005
Record type Site
Current site name Coosa Creek Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -83.9563, 34.80842 (WGS84)
Elevation 646
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coosa Bald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chattahoochee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -83.9563, 34.80842

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

    DIGNOWITY,F.A.,PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE COOSA CREEK CO.

  • Deposit

    1911

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.