Athen Prospect

Prospect in Jasper county in Georgia, United States with commodities Mica, Vermiculite
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 10289577
MAS/MILS ID 0131590008
Record type Site
Current site name Athen Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.7896, 33.18185 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jasper(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milledgeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ocmulgee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Oconee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Jasper

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Vermiculite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.7896, 33.18185

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 248-F, PP. 393-394.

  • Deposit

    PEGMATITE MINERALS-FELDSPAR & QUARTZ.

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.