Douglas Prospects

Past Producer in Haralson 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 10192193
MRDS ID W100502
MAS/MILS ID 0131430001
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Prospects
Related records 10083697

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.04684, 33.85324 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haralson(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 Haralson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.04684, 33.85324

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Draketown Pyrite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Captain J. W. Douglas, And W. F. And G. C. Goldin
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Singleton And B. F. Eaves
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1896 AND 1897,8 TONS OF MN OREWERE SHIPPED BY DRAKETOWN M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLIE,S.W.,GEOL.SURVEY OF GEORGIA,BULL.NO.35,1919,P.176-1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-1995 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.