Mullite Company of America

Occurrence in Sumter county in Georgia, United States with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055298
MRDS ID RE00604
Record type Site
Current site name Mullite Company of America
Alternate or previous names Mullite Co. of America
Related records 10055299

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.08051, 32.18488 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumter(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pennington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Americus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Flint(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Sumter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.08051, 32.18488

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nanafalia Formation, Wilcox

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mullite Co. Of America

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN HOSTERMAN, CLAY COMMODITY SPECIALIST, USGS, UNPUBLISHED DIGITAL DATA

  • Deposit

    John Hosterman, Clay Commodity Specialist, Usgs, Unpublished Digital Data.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH AND SOUTH PITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey age of mineralization, added reference; deposit type
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, Terry L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey checked location; entered commodity codes

Beyond USGS

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