Fort Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Murray county in Georgia, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191867
MAS/MILS ID 0132130018
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.71133, 34.78702 (WGS84)
Elevation 580

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Murray(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crandall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dalton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conasauga(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chattahoochee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Murray

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.71133, 34.78702

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cohutta Talc Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCON, A.S. & TEAGUE, K.H. GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULL. 53, 1947, P. 49.

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.

External references