Wilkes

Prospect in Meriwether 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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305966
Record type Site
Current site name Wilkes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.81383, 33.21075 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meriwether(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Griffin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Meriwether

Comments on the location information

  • Location From Mrds Record W100596

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -84.81383, 33.21075

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Garnet Biotite Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mineral Resource Map Of Georgia, 1969, Reprinted 1992: Georgia Geological Survey, Scale 1:500,000.Mineral Resource Map Of Georgia, 1969, Reprinted 1992: Georgia Geological Survey, Scale 1:500,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey record type; name; deleted reference; entry taken from original MRDS record W100596
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.