Continental Can Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Georgia, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055280
MRDS ID RE00574
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Can Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.37346, 33.31125 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brier(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Gordon(Army Base)

Army Base ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.37346, 33.31125

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anglo-American Clays Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN HOSTERMAN, CLAY COMMODITY SPECIALIST, USGS, UNPUBLISHED DIGITAL DATA

  • Deposit

    John Hosterman, Clay Commodity Specialist, Usgs, Unpublished Digital Data.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, Terry L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey checked location; entered commodity codes

Beyond USGS

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