Chambers Mine Pit E

Producer in Washington county in Georgia, United States with commodity Kaolin

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10118792
MAS/MILS ID	0133030079
Record type	Site
Current site name	Chambers Mine Pit E

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-82.96298, 33.02546 (WGS84)
Elevation	87

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deepstep(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Oconee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Georgia	Washington

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Kaolin	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-82.96298, 33.02546	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0133030079

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GA EPA RECORDS AT MACON, GA-DEC 77 GA. MINES NO. 004

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	03-NOV-1983	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Intermittent since 03/18/2020
MSHA mine ID	0901250
Mine name (MSHA)	Chambers Mine
Current operator	Southeastern Performance Minerals
Current controller (parent)	David M Avant Jr; Paul D Coughlan
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (876 m, 0.89 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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