Alabama Company Property

Past Producer in Polk county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240993
MAS/MILS ID 0132330001
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama Company Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.39215, 34.04954 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.39215, 34.04954

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Cave Spring

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alabama Co.
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918 THERE WERE 900 TONS OF MN IRON ORE SHIPPED BY AN ALA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLIE,S.W.,GEOL.SURVEY OF GEORGIA,BULL.NO.35,1919,P.157

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.