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Piedmont Belt Kyn Occurrence

Occurrence in Madison county in Georgia, United States
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Materials information
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069787
MRDS ID W007473
Record type Site
Current site name Piedmont Belt Kyn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -82.96622, 34.35168 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hart(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Madison
United States Georgia Elbert
United States Georgia Hart

Comments on the location information

  • BELT TRENDS NE FROM LAT. 34 DEG 3 MIN N, LONG. 83 DEG 8 FT W TO LAT. 34 DEG 20 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 55 MIN W

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Graphite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SILLIMANITE CONTENT UP TO 10%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Sillimanite-Quartz-Mica Schist
    Rock description Sillimanite-Quartz-Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -82.96622, 34.35168
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 37013.9M
    Width 3218.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Piedmont Belt

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY TRENCHING AND DRILLING ABOUT 1945 - 50. MILLING TESTS ON SAMPLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANT, W. H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF HART COUNTY, GEORGIA: GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 67

  • Deposit

    Furcron, A.S. And Teague, K.A., 1945, Sillimanite And Massive Kyanite In Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 51, 76 P.Furcron, A.S. And Teague, K.A., 1945, Sillimanite And Massive Kyanite In Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 51, 76 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY POORLY KNOWN; SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS ARE NOT OF POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE TO JUSTIFY GEOLOGIC MAPPING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-98 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey record type; name; major comm.; del min. ore-min, age of mineralization, add host rock type; model number;
Editor 01-NOV-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; calculated location; entered lat/long; entered county name

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

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