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Briscoe Mine (Drake Mine)

Past Producer in Oglethorpe county in Georgia, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083287
MRDS ID W100010
Record type Site
Current site name Briscoe Mine (Drake Mine)
Alternate or previous names Briscoe Mine Drake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.09158, 33.74184 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oglethorpe(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Oglethorpe

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 Mi. Ne of Bairdstown

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold and Gold In Sulfides

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.09158, 33.74184
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE & PARKS; GA GS BULL. 19

  • Deposit

    Jones, S.P., 1909, Second Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 19, 453 P.Jones, S.P., 1909, Second Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 19, 453 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey add non-ore min.; deleted reference
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; checked location

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