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Panther Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Stephens county in Georgia, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067506
MRDS ID W000283
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.36655, 34.66678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stephens(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tugaloo Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tugaloo(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chattahoochee 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 Stephens

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A Quartz Vein With Pyrrhotite Core, 1 To 3 Feet Thick; Parallel To Country Rock Schistosity. The Vein Is 75 To 100 Feet In Length. The Pyrrhotite Is Finely Crystalline, But Very Hard and Dense.
  • A QUARTZ VEIN WITH PYRRHOTITE CORE, 1 TO 3 FEET THICK; PARALLEL TO COUNTRY ROCK SCHISTOSITY. THE VEIN IS 75 TO 100 FEET IN LENGTH. THE PYRRHOTITE IS FINELY CRYSTALLINE, BUT VERY HARD AND DENSE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Aluminous Schist
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz-Mica Gneiss (Coarse Grained)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEARER, H. K., AND HULL, J. P. D., 1918, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA; GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. NO. 33, 229 PP. (P. 204-5

  • Deposit

    Shearer, H. K., And Hull, J. P. D., 1918, A Preliminary Report On A Part Of The Pyrite Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 243 Pages.Shearer, H. K., And Hull, J. P. D., 1918, A Preliminary Report On A Part Of The Pyrite Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 33, 243 Pages.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Cannon, Suzanne S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey major comm.; add non-ore min.; age of mineralization,
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; entered lat/long; county name

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