Warm Springs Bauxite

Past Producer in Meriwether county in Georgia, United States with commodity Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068419
MRDS ID W001475
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Bauxite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.6791, 32.89155 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meriwether(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomaston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Flint(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Meriwether

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES - AL2O3 52.36-51.95 FE2O3 7.06-8.26 TIO2 2.83-2.23 SIO2 5.50-8.40

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.6791, 32.89155

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer J. T. Wynne
Year of first production 1910

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES BAUXITE AND KAOLIN VERY SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL OF ABOUT 4,000 LONG TONS OF BAUXITE MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 14-APR-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey record type; deposit type; model number; deposit model type;
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; checked location

Beyond USGS

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