Penland Hill

Occurrence in Polk county in Georgia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265769
MAS/MILS ID 0132330004
Record type Site
Current site name Penland Hill
Alternate or previous names Fite Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.39885, 33.98984 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borden Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.39885, 33.98984

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7M
    Length 152M
    Width 76M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 800516

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cave Spring

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles H Fite
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPTS., MANGANESE, POLK CO

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, 1943, P 283.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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