White County Occurrences

Occurrence in White county in Georgia, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000969
MRDS ID M046994
Record type District
Current site name White County Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.7499, 34.66682 (WGS84)
Relative position REPORT COVERS ENTIRE COUNTY, THEREFORE GENERAL LOCATION IS GIVEN FOR COUNTY. AT LEAST PART OF AREA MAY LIE WITHIN CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.7499, 34.66682

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description REGIONAL STRIKE IS NE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS HAVE RUMPLED SCHISTOSITY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HURST, V.J., AND OTWELL, W.L., 1964, EXPLORATION FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS IN WHITE COUNTY, GEORGIA: WHITE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT CORP., INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY AND AREA DEVELOPMENT FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WASH. D.C., P. 14, 19-20.

Beyond USGS

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