Chambers Mine

Past Producer in Wilkes county in Georgia, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241098
MAS/MILS ID 0133170003
Record type Site
Current site name Chambers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.57296, 33.77654 (WGS84)
Elevation 137

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilkes(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Metasville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Wilkes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.57296, 33.77654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1895

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. N. Ware
    Interest 100
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1977

Comments on the ownership information

  • ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OWNER, AS OF 1950. SEE REF 7

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEYTON, A. L. & COFER, H. E., JR. MAGRUDER AND CHAMBERS COP

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, LINCOLN AND WILKES COUNTIES, GA. BUMINES RI 4665,

  • Deposit

    23 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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