Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy

Producer in Georgia, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001583
MRDS ID W001494
Record type District
Current site name Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy
Alternate or previous names District-Ga-Fla

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.39992, 30.70022 (WGS84)
Relative position Found Georgia and located the 4 counties listed then looked for what looked like a mining operation and approximated the location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Decatur(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Havana North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bainbridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tallahassee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ochlockonee(hydrologic unit)

Ochlockonee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ochlockonee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Georgia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.39992, 30.70022

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description COASTAL PLAIN REGIONAL DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name DISTRICT-GA-FLA

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.