Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence

Past Producer in Habersham county in Georgia, United States with commodity Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001696
MRDS ID W007472
Record type District
Current site name Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.53319, 34.63342 (WGS84)
Relative position 1953 - 57 MAPS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Habersham(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkesville NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Chattahoochee(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Habersham
United States Georgia Rabun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.53319, 34.63342

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description DOME OF GNEISSIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name CLARKSVILLE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRINDLE, L. M., AND OTHERS, 1935, KYANITE AND VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA: GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 46. ESPENSHADE, G. H. AND POTTER, D. B., IN PRESS. KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSIATE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 336

Beyond USGS

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