Word Prospect

Past Producer in Troup county in Georgia, United States with commodity Beryllium
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 10143647
MAS/MILS ID 0132850005
Record type Site
Current site name Word Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.14324, 32.96186 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Troup(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lanett North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Troup

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.14324, 32.96186

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E WM, KLEPPER, MONTIS R & JAHNS, RICHARD H, 1953,

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 248-F, PP. 396-397.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-FELDSPAR, PERTHITE & QUARTZ. ACCESSORY

  • Deposit

    MINERALS-BIOTITE, MINOR MUSCOVITE & BLACK TOURMALINE.

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.