Chestatee Pyrite Mine

Prospect in Lumpkin county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur
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 10240944
MAS/MILS ID 0131870051
Record type Site
Current site name Chestatee Pyrite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.8816, 34.59902 (WGS84)
Elevation 469

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lumpkin(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dahlonega(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Chattahoochee(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Lumpkin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.8816, 34.59902

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HASELTINE,R 1924 GSGA BULLETIN 41 PAGE 134

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.