| Deposit ID | 10289130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000737 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0131150004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Berkstresser Prop Cave Spring |
| Related records | 10067864 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.25884, 34.10903 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 274 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Georgia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cedartown West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rome(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Georgia | Floyd |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clay | Unknown |
| Hollandite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -85.25884, 34.10903 |
|---|
| Thickness | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 107M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 107M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cave Spring |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. L Berkstresser |
| Home office | Georgia |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0131150004 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000737 | MAS references MRDS |
CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPTS., MANGANESE, POLK CO
PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, 1943, PP 282-283.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-825 OF 1976 ENTRY. DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS, EXPLORATION. BULL 940-J - GENERAL INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS. RECORD 040/ MAX. SUR. AREA DISTURBED IS 1.5 THAT OF THE DEPO AREA GIVEN ON THE MAP BY PIERCE. RECORD 040/ DEPOSIT IS 7 MILES NORTH OF CEDARTOWN. RECORD 050/ A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED BUT DATES ARE UNKN SOME OF THE TEST PITS WERE EXCAVATED BY THE WORK PROJECTS AD TRATION MINERALS SURVEY AND THE PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED AND SA BY PIERCE AND THE BUREAU OF MINES (1943) REC 070 COBALT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LITHIOPHORITE AND HOLLAND WAS DEPOSITED BY GROUND WATER. THE CLAY CONTAINS 4-8% PELLET THAT RUNS 23% MN, 7.2% FE, 0.48% CO. RECORD 080/ COBALT BEARING MANGANESE ORE OCCURS AS PELLETS I RESIDUAL CLAY OF THE KNOX DOLOMITE. THE CLAY CONTAINS IRON AND ITS THICKNESS IS UNCERTAIN. THE PELLETS EXTEND TO DEPTH TO 20 FEET (6 M.) AS INDICATED BY DRILL HOLES AND ARE CONCEN IN AN AREA 350 FEET (107 M) IN DIAMETER. (SKETCH MAP, PIERCE THE PELLETS MAY BE DERIVED FROM THE WEATHERING OF AN ORE BOD THE KNOX DOLOMITE AS IS THE CASE IN A SIMILAR DEPOSIT (GIB MINE BULL 940-J P 282) BUT THERE ARE NO EXPOSURES OR PROSPEC THIS UNIT TO DETERMINE THIS. THE BERKSTRESSER, GIBSON, PENLAND HILL, & CALLAHAN DEP. OF G THE THOMPSON PROPERTY OF ALA., AND THE ARMS MINE OF VA. HAVE IMATED AGGREGATE OF 25,000 TONS OF MN OXIDES WITH 0.2% - 0.3 140,000 LBS.OF COBALT (REC.701) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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