Douglas Prospects

Past Producer in Paulding county in Georgia, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168683
MAS/MILS ID 0132230001
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.02934, 33.85574 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paulding(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draketown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Paulding

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.02934, 33.85574

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Draketown Pyrite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. W. Douglas
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Statham
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1896 AND 1897 THERE WERE 6 CARLOADS OF MN ORE SHIPPED. TWO CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED AT A LATER DATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLIE,S.W.,GEOL.SURVEY OF GEORGIA,BULL.NO.35,1919,P.180-1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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