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Piedmont Manganese Belt, Ga-Sc

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Georgia, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290136
MAS/MILS ID 0131810004
Record type Site
Current site name Piedmont Manganese Belt, Ga-Sc

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.49736, 33.88404 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granite/ biotite granite/ amphibolite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N69E
    Dip 80W
    Length 112654M
    Width 38624M
    Area 99999HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Strike And Dip N69E:80W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 99999
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Piedmont Mn Blt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner North American Gold Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Abernathy And Kehaya Manganese Co.
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. D. Butler
    Interest 100
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cherokee Mining Co.
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Piedmont Manganese Co.
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECK, W. A. EXPLORATION OF THE PIEDMONT MANGANESE BELT, MCC

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, SC, AND WILKES COUNTY, GA. BUMINES RI 3858, 1946.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E. C. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. U.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 427, 1910, PP. 43-47.

  • Deposit

    OVERSTREET, W. C. AND H. BELL, III. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE

  • Deposit

    CRYSTALLINE ROCKS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, E. CATALOGUE OF MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, COLUMBIA, SC, 1958, PP.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD. TH

  • Deposit

    NATURAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. BULL. 3, 3RD ED., 1945

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. PIEDMONT MANGANESE BELT. PRELIMINAR

  • Deposit

    MINERALS REPORT, 1945.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATI

  • Deposit

    I-413, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED-1976 RECORD 011/PIEDMONT MANGANESE BELT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING MI DEPOSITS- ABERNATHY AND KEHAYA MINE, WHICH ALSO CONTAINS THE GOLD MINE, MCCORMICK COUNTY, SC/ COLLEY MINE, LINCOLN COUNTY BARNETT-DEVORE PROPERTY, GREENWOOD COUNTY, SC/ PARSONS MOUNT PROPERTY, MCCORMICK COUNTY, SC/ MORGAN FARM PROPERTY, LINCOL COUNTY, GA/ SIMS FARM PROPERTY, LINCOLN COUNTY, GA/ STOCKMAN PROPERTY, GREENWOOD COUNTY, SC/ ROSS PROPERTY, GREENWOOD COU RECORD 020/ OWNER OF ABERNATHY AND KEHAYA MINE, 1933 (INCLUD GOLD MINE) RECORD 021/OPERATED DORN GOLD MINE FOR MANGANESE, 1942-1943. RECORD 022/OWNER OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT COLLEY MINE, 1938. RECORD 023/LEASED COLLEY MINE, 1943/OPERATED ABERNATHY AND K MINE, 1944. RECORD 024/OWNER-OPERATOR AT BARNETT-DEVORE PROPERTY. M. H. MCKNIGHT IS LAST KNOWN LESSEE OF PARSONS MOUNTAIN PROP MRS. H. B. ROSS IS LAST KNOWN OWNER OF MORGAN FARM PROPERTY. RECORD 030, COLUMNS 3-5/PIEDMONT MANGANESE BELT EXTENDS THRO LINCOLN, TALIAFERRO & WILKES COUNTIES, GA, AND GREENWOOD & MCCORMICK COUNTIES, SC. RECORD 030, COLUMNS 67-71/ELEVATIONS IN BELT RANGE FROM 79 T METERS AND AVERAGE BETWEEN 122 & 183 METERS. RECORD 030, COLUMNS 74-76/BELT ALSO EXTENDS INTO PART OF GRE QUADRANGLE. RECORD 040, COLUMNS 14-16/DISTANCES REPRESENT THOSE FOR EXIS MINES IN BELT. RECORD 040, COLUMNS 32-33/DOMAIN INCLUDES PRIVATE & NATIONAL LANDS/PERCENTAGES OF EACH ARE UNDETERMINED. RECORD 040, COLUMNS 65-69/MAX. AREA POTENTIALLY DISTURBED IN AREA OF ENTIRE MANGANESE BELT, 259,008 HECTARES. RECORD 050, COLUMNS 22-25/FIRST SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION OCCUR COLLEY MINE. EXPLORATORY WORK WAS DONE BY BUMINES AT MCCORMICK PROPERTY, OCTOBER 1944/PARSONS MOUNTAIN PROPERTY, NOVEMBER 1944/AND ON OWNED BY MRS. H. B. ROSS, MARCH 1945. MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE & TONNAGES OBTAINED FROM REFERENCE REC 710-711.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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