Mullite South Pit Lot 315

Past Producer in Sumter county in Georgia, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290154
MAS/MILS ID 0132610013
Record type Site
Current site name Mullite South Pit Lot 315

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.11241, 32.18408 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumter(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pennington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Americus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Flint(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Sumter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.11241, 32.18408

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mullite Co. Of America

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Measured 27000mt ore
    Demonstrated 27000mt ore
    Total resources 27000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 38 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1971
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Measured 27000mt ore
    Demonstrated 27000mt ore
    Total resources 27000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Clay Clay 44 wt-pct Clays 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    RICHARDSON, JOEL B. HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT. (MULLITE CO.

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF AMERICA - SOUTH PIT) U.S. DEPT. OF INT., BUREAU OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINES, SEPT. 15, 1971.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STAFF U.S.B.M. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM. U.S. DEPT. OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    INT., BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 8335,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1967, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    GA EPA RECORDS AT MACON, GA-DEC 77 GA MINES NO. 175

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 1981--ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

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.