| Deposit ID | 10143929 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0130150123 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vaughn |
| Alternate or previous names | Ward Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.76963, 34.24293 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 256 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Georgia | Bartow |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Halloysite | Unknown |
| Hollandite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -84.76963, 34.24293 |
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| Area | 0.13HA | ||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cartersville |
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| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Neel, J. M. (Mineral Rights) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. A. Vaughn (Surface Rights) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Lessee/Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bartow Mining Co. (Lessee) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 6804mt concentrate | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 6804mt concentrate | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6804mt concentrate | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0130150123 |
CONFIDENTIAL WAR MIN. REPT. FILES, MN,CO., NI OF CHEROKEE AR
ALABAMA
KESLER, THOMAS L., USGS PROF. PAPER 224, 1950, PP. 53 & 61.
O'NEILL, J.F., AND WYNDHAM, C.E, BU. MINES RI 5017, 1954, PP
PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, 1943, PP 271 & 275
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-841 OF 1976 ENTRY,- RESERVE INFO. PROF PAPER 224 - DEPOSIT NAME, LOCATION, PRODUCTION, ECON & MIN., ROCK CHARACTERISTICS, SURFACE MINING AREA. R.I. 5017 - OWNERSHIP, MIN. HOLDINGS, AND EXPLORATION. BULL 940-J-ROCK AND DEPOSIT CHAR., ECON. & GANGUE MIN., EXPL REC 020 REC 702 LOCATES DEPOSIT IN LAND LOTS 266 & 267 OF D 5. OWNERSHIP DATA KNOWN ONLY FOR LOT 266 REC 040 DEP IS 6 MI NE OF CARTERSVILLE NEAR THE INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE 75 & US 411. THE PROPERTY IS JUST SOUTH OF OR IS TR BY I-75. MAX AREA DIST. CALCULATED AS 1.5 THAT OF SUR MININ (REC 702) RECORD 050/ PROPERTY EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE (1943) A BUR. OF MINES (1950), AND ONEILL (1954). TOTAL PRODUCTION WA LONG TONS (REC 702) RECORD 060/ DOLOMITE IS BRECCIATED AND IN PART SILICIFIED. R DESCRIBES ORE-BEARING ROCK AS BRECCIATED QTZITE. RECORD 070/ COBALT BEARING MANGANESE ORE CONSISTS OF LITHIOP AND HOLLANDITE. A COMPOSITE SAMPLE FROM WEST SIDE OF MAIN CU TAINED 1.6% CO. (REC 704). A VERTICAL CHANNEL SAMPLE FROM N. OF CUT SHOWED 12.9% MN, 2.7% FE, 0.11% PHOSPHORUS. A SAMPLE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CUT CONTAINED 5.4% MN, 6.0% FE, 0.08% P. HAND PICKED SAMPLE (N. SIDE OF CUT) CONTAINED 35% MN, 2.0% F 703) REC 080 ORE OCCURS AS FRACTURE FILLING IN A BRECCIATED SILI ZONE OF DOLOMITE OF THE LOWER ROME FM. MN OX AND CHERT ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED SO THAT CRUSHING AND JIGGING WOULD BE NECESSARY. WESTERN PART OF THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE HALLOYSITE. IT ENCRUSTS AND FILLS CAVITIES IN THE ORE AND ADHERES TIGHTLY TO THE MN. IT IS ONLY PARTLY REMOVED BY LOG WASHING. THERE APPEARS TO BE A CLAY OVERBURDEN THAT CONTAINS SOME ORE NODULES OR FRAG. MIN ZONE MAY EXTEND 1000 FT NE OF PIT WHERE ORE IS OBSERVED. DUMP OF A SHAFT (REC 703) NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD OTHER MI DIMENSIONS. REC 600-615 RESERVE DATA FROM REC 700 WHICH ESTIMATES THAT IS 15,000 LBS OF COBALT IN THE DEPOSIT AND THAT THERE IS 1.5% CO CONCENTRATES. DEPOSIT MAY AT LEAST IN PART BE TRAVERSED BY INTERSTATE 75. THE WARD, GEMES & MCCOLLUM PROPERTIES IN NW GEORGIA AND THE OAK MINE OF SE TENN.COMBINED ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 7000 T MN OXIDES WITH 0.75% - 1.25% CO OR ABOUT 140,000 LBS OF COBA 704 P 270) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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