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Summerville Bauxite

Past Producer in Chattooga county in Georgia, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068428
MRDS ID W001485
Record type Site
Current site name Summerville Bauxite
Alternate or previous names Part of Nw. Georgia Baux
Related records 10241380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.34685, 34.48123 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chattooga(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summerville(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 Chattooga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.34685, 34.48123
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/POD/PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sinkhole

Comments on the geologic information

  • Sink Hole Fills

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Small Baux. Production From Taylor and Hawkins Mines Prior To 1904

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W. S., AND DENSON, N. M., 1966, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA, WITH A SECTION ON THE SUMMERVILLE AREA, BY J. C. DUNLAP AND E. F. OVERSTREET: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-M, P. 42

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.S., AND DENSON, N.M., 1966, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-M, P. M1-M42.

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON DUNLA

  • Deposit

    White, W. S., And Denson, N. M., 1966, Bauxite Deposits Of Northwest Georgia; With A Section On The Summerville Area By J. C. Dunlap And E. F. Overstreet: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199-M, 42 P.White, W. S., And Denson, N. M., 1966, Bauxite Deposits Of Northwest Georgia; With A Section On The Summerville Area By J. C. Dunlap And E. F. Overstreet: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1199-M, 42 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-APR-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey age of mineralization, deposit type; model number; deposit model type;
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; checked location

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