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Gemes Mine Cartersville

Past Producer in Bartow county in Georgia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119357
MAS/MILS ID 0130150122
Record type Site
Current site name Gemes Mine Cartersville

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -84.7867, 34.1822 (WGS84)
Elevation 253
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bartow(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Etowah(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Bartow

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Unknown
Clay Unknown
Halloysite Unknown
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Chilhowee Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12M
    Length 168M
    Width 137M
    Area 4.6HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4.6
    Date of Last Modification 800606

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Cartersville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tom V Gemes
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1942
    Measured 27220mt commodity
    Demonstrated 27220mt commodity
    Total resources 27220mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Cobalt Co 100 wt-pct Cobalt Trace 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, 1943, P 271

  • Deposit

    KESLER, THOMAS L., USGS PROF. PAPER 224, 1950, PP 53 & 61.

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL WAR MIN. REPT. FILES. ALABAMA, AND BARTOW CO.,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-837 OF 1975 ENTRY. BULL 940-J - GENERAL INFO. FOR CARDS 010 - 080. PROF. PAPER 224 - ROCK AND DEPOSIT CHARACTERISTICS, ECON & G MIN., MINING CARDS. CONFID. FILE, MAPS-DEPOST DEMENSIONS, MEMORANDUMS-RESERVES. REC 040 1972 7.5 TOPO. INDICATES DEPOSIT IS ON A WOODED PLO IN CARTERSVILLE CITY LIMITS. DOMAIN MAY BE PRIVATE OR MUNICI THE EAST IS A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AN NUMEROUS STRIP MINE JUST OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. MAX AREA DIST. ROUGHLY MEASURED FR MINE AREA MAP (REC 700) RECORD 050/ PIERCE EXAMINED AND SAMPLED THE DEPOSIT IN 1943 35 CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1928.(REC 700). TOTAL PROD 2,500 LONG TONS (REC 701,P 61) RECORD 060/ AT THIS LOCALITY THE SHADY DOLOMITE HAS BEEN WEA TO CLAY. ORE OCCURS IN CLAY OR INA FINE GRAINED, CHERT-LIKE ROCK WHICH KESLER CALLS JASPEROID. DENSITY ABOUT 2.6 RECORD 070/ THE COBALT-BEARING MN ORE IS A MIXTURE OF LITHIO AND HOLLANDITE. MN ORE IS LOW GRADE. CO CONTENT RANGES FROM 1.3%. 5 SAMPLES FROM AN AREA 200X300 FT CONTAINED 0.75, 0.77 1.01, & 1.30 PERCENT COBALT (REC 700 P 270 & 271) REC 080 ORE OCCURS AS FRAGS. AND ROUND PELLETS WITH OUTER C TIONARY LAYERS IN CLAY OR AS REPLACEMENTS, INCRUSTATIONS, FR FILLINGS AND CEMENT IN WEATHERED JASPEROID. COBALTIFEROUS OR BLUISH CAST AND IS IN THREE AREAS (PL 51 REC 700). AREA ON E OF HILL IS LARGEST AND HAS HIGHEST AVG CO. CONTENT-0.94%. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA FOR ALL MIN. ZONE DIM. LENGTH & WI MEASURED FROM MAP (REC 700) AND THICKNESS IS DEPTH OF WORKIN 701 P 61). GEN STRUCTURAL TREND IS NE. STRIKE-DIP MEASURE NEAREST DEPOSIT INDICATE SE DIP BUT READING VARY CONSIDERABL WHERE RECORDS 600-615 RESERVE INFO FROM REC 702 WHICH ESTIMATES T GEMES MINE CONTAINS 60,000 LBS OF COBALT AND AUG. 1.0% CO IN CONCENTRATES. CLAY ORE MAY BE CONCENTRATED BY WASHING WHILE OID OCCURRENCE MAY CALL FOR CRUSHING AND JIGGING. THE GEMES, WARD, & MCCOLLUM PROPERTIES OF NW GEORGIA AND THE OAK MINE OF SE TENN. COMBINED ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 7000 MN OXIDES WITH 0.75% - 1.25% CO OR ABOUT 140,000 LBS.OF COBA 700 P 270)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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