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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in McDuffie county in Georgia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083288
MRDS ID W100011
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.56516, 33.61684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McDuffie(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wrightsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clark Hill Lake(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 McDuffie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite 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) -82.56516, 33.61684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tuffs, Mica Schist, Slates, Phyllites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE & PARKS; GA GS BULL. 19

  • Deposit

    Pardee, J.T. And Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 213, 156 P. Pardee, J.T. And Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 213, 156 P.

  • 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.; add host rock type;
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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