Irwinton Bauxite District

Past Producer in Wilkinson county in Georgia, United States with commodities Kaolin, Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	60001581
MRDS ID	W001476
Record type	District
Current site name	Irwinton Bauxite District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-83.17348, 32.81186 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilkinson(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irwinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Macon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Macon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Oconee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Georgia	Wilkinson

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Kaolin	Primary
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Irwinton Sand	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both

Mining district

District name	IRWINTON BAUXITE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

LANG, W. B., WARREN, W. C., THOMPSON, R. M., AND OVERSTREET, E. F., 1965, BAUXITE AND KAOLIN DEPOSITS OF THE IRWINTON DISTRICT, GEORGIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-J, P. 26

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1973	PATTERSON, SAM H.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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