Sand & Gravel Division

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Georgia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265371
MAS/MILS ID 0130570061
Record type Site
Current site name Sand & Gravel Division

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.46682, 34.25153 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ball Ground West(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 Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.46682, 34.25153

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sawyer And Mims Co
    ID 900864
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION FROM MSHA

  • Deposit

    CLOSED AS OF 03-10-77

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)

StatusAbandoned since 04/25/1979
MSHA mine ID0900864
Mine name (MSHA)Sand And Gravel Division
Current operatorSawyer & Mims Company
Current controller (parent)Sawyer F L & Charles Mims
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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