Franco-American

Prospect in White 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305851
Record type Site
Current site name Franco-American

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.7388, 34.68622 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helen(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 White

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Mrds Record W102132

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Ankerite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.7388, 34.68622

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Yeates, W.S., Mccallie, S.W., And King, F.P., 1896, A Preliminary Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 4a, 542 P.Yeates, W.S., Mccallie, S.W., And King, F.P., 1896, A Preliminary Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 4a, 542 P.

  • Deposit

    Hurst, V.J. And Crawford, T.J., 1964, Exploration For Mineral Deposits In Habersham County, Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Reprint Rt-11, 180 P.Hurst, V.J. And Crawford, T.J., 1964, Exploration For Mineral Deposits In Habersham County, Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Reprint Rt-11, 180 P.

  • Deposit

    Jones, S.P., 1909, Second Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 19, 453 P.Jones, S.P., 1909, Second Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 19, 453 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey record type; name, add non-ore min.;deleted reference; entry taken from original MRDS record W102132
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; entered lat/long

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.