Sunshine Mine

Past Producer in Greene county in Georgia, United States with commodity Mica
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265428
MAS/MILS ID 0131330003
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.99178, 33.62934 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philomath(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.99178, 33.62934

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E WM, KLEPPER, MONTIS R & JAHNS, RICHARD H, 1953,

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 248-F, P. 387.

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.