Nichols Placer

Past Producer in Habersham 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 10084708
MRDS ID W102136
Record type Site
Current site name Nichols Placer
Alternate or previous names Nichols

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.46239, 34.63762 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Habersham(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tallulah Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Chattahoochee(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Habersham

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) -83.46239, 34.63762

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. 4-A; GA GS BULL. 19; PARDEE & PARKS; HURST & CRAWFORD, 1964

  • Deposit

    Yeates, W.S., Mccallie, S.W., And King, F.P., 1896, A Preliminary Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 4a, 542 P. Yeates, W.S., Mccallie, S.W., And King, F.P., 1896, A Preliminary Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 4a, 542 P.

  • Deposit

    Hurst, V.J. And Crawford, T.J., 1964, Exploration For Mineral Deposits In Habersham County, Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Reprint Rt-11, 180 P.Hurst, V.J. And Crawford, T.J., 1964, Exploration For Mineral Deposits In Habersham County, Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Reprint Rt-11, 180 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
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey name, deleted reference

Beyond USGS

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