Parrot Springs

Past Producer in Bartow county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289025
MAS/MILS ID 0130150001
Record type Site
Current site name Parrot Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.76933, 34.17043 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bartow(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cartersville(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 Bartow

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.76933, 34.17043

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cherokee Ocher Co.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner F. D. Smith-Lessee
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner W. S. Knight-Lessee
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O:NEIL, J. F. AND WYNDHAM, C. E., RECONNAISSANCE OF THE

  • Deposit

    CARTERSVILLE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., U. S. B

  • Deposit

    I. 5017 PAGE 22

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.