Ocoee Mine

Past Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Copper
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 10300502
MAS/MILS ID 0471390027
Record type Site
Current site name Ocoee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.35602, 34.04453 (WGS84)
Elevation 533

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fulton(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roswell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(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 Tennessee Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.35602, 34.04453

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. & LANEY, F.B., 1926, USGS PROF PAPER 139, P. 94

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY OCOEE COPPER COMPANY AS OF 1926.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.

Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (34.0445, -84.3560) appear to be in Georgia, but this record is listed as being in Tennessee. The location data may be incorrect.