Springvale Bauxite District

Past Producer in Calhoun county in Georgia, United States with commodities Aluminum, Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001579
MRDS ID W001472
Record type District
Current site name Springvale Bauxite District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.87883, 31.82879 (WGS84)
Relative position 1:250000 QUADRANGLE INFORMATION : NH 16-3 DOTHAN, ALA., GA., FLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Calhoun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.87883, 31.82879

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description GULFWARD REGIONAL DIP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name SPRINGVALE BAUXITE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 PATTERSON, SAM H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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