Bailey Property

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084765
MRDS ID W102207
Record type Site
Current site name Bailey Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.42492, 34.10983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Etowah(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Cherokee

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) -84.42492, 34.10983

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Disseminated

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1840

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mccallie, S.W., 1908, Report On The Fossil Iron Ore Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 17, 199 P. Mccallie, S.W., 1908, Report On The Fossil Iron Ore Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 17, 199 P.

  • Deposit

    Whitlow, J.W., 1962, Red Iron-Ore Beds Of Silurian Age In Northeastern Alabama, Northwestern Georgia, And Eastern Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations Map Mf-175, Scale 1:250,000.Whitlow, J.W., 1962, Red Iron-Ore Beds Of Silurian Age In Northeastern Alabama, Northwestern Georgia, And Eastern Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations Map Mf-175, Scale 1:250,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey loc ok
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references

Beyond USGS

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