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Dickens Prospect

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Georgia, United States with commodities Copper, Iron-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067507
MRDS ID W000284
Record type Site
Current site name Dickens Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.33324, 34.25013 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ball Ground East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Etowah(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • It Was Stated That Copper Had Been Mined Here, But There Is No Evidence To Back It Up. Deposit Is A Vein, 8 Inches To 3 Feet Thick and 50 Feet Deep. The Vein Parallels the Country Rock, Strike N. 70 Degrees E., Steep Dip To the Se.
  • IT WAS STATED THAT COPPER HAD BEEN MINED HERE, BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP. DEPOSIT IS A VEIN, 8 INCHES TO 3 FEET THICK AND 50 FEET DEEP. THE VEIN PARALLELS THE COUNTRY ROCK, STRIKE N. 70 DEGREES E., STEEP DIP TO THE SE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.33324, 34.25013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Creighton-Dahlonega

Comments on the production information

  • BELIEVED ONLY 2 OR 3 CAR LOADS EVER REMOVED. A VERY SMALL PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, BULL. NO. 33, 229 PP

  • 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 Adjoins Smith Prospect, Ga. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit THIS ADJOINS SMITH PROSPECT, GA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Cannon, Suzanne S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; entered lat/long; county name

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