1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Berg Prospect

Occurrence in Paulding county in Georgia, United States with commodities Iron-Pyrite, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067493
MRDS ID W000270
Record type Site
Current site name Berg Prospect
Related records 10143629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.79911, 33.8988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paulding(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dallas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Paulding

Comments on the location information

  • Location Calculated From Easting and Northing

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron-Pyrite Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • There Are Two Shafts On Property, One 70 Feet Deep, the Other 110 Feet Deep. At the Bottom of the 70 Foot Shaft, the Ore Is Said To Be 8 Feet Thick.
  • THERE ARE TWO SHAFTS ON PROPERTY, ONE 70 FEET DEEP, THE OTHER 110 FEET DEEP. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 70 FOOT SHAFT, THE ORE IS SAID TO BE 8 FEET THICK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.79911, 33.8988
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chlorite Schist And Hornblende Schist

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paulding County Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEARER, H. K., AND HULL, J. P. D., 1918, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PYRITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA

  • Deposit

    Shearer, H. K., And Hull, J. P. D., 1918, A Preliminary Report On A Part Of The Pyrite Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 243 Pages.Shearer, H. K., And Hull, J. P. D., 1918, A Preliminary Report On A Part Of The Pyrite Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 243 Pages.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit This Prospect Adjoins Shirley Mine On the North. Both Are On One Lead. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit THIS PROSPECT ADJOINS SHIRLEY MINE ON THE NORTH. BOTH ARE ON ONE LEAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Cannon, Suzanne S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey location accuracy, easting and northing, comm
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey calculated lat/long from easting-northing; entered county name; entered commodity codes; updated references

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site