Ridgeway Placer

Past Producer in Madison county in Georgia, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10084685
MRDS ID W102113
Record type Site
Current site name Ridgeway Placer
Alternate or previous names Ridgeway/King/Parham/Carrington Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.07488, 34.13623 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Commerce(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Broad(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Madison

Comments on the location information

  • Based On Lot Location

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.07488, 34.13623

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

    GA GS BULL. 19; PARDEE & PARKS

  • 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-98 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey deleted reference
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-02 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references

Beyond USGS

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