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Penland Hill

Producer in Polk county in Georgia, United States with commodities Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067858
MRDS ID W000730
Record type Site
Current site name Penland Hill
Alternate or previous names Callahan, Mc Collum
Related records 10144078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.28324, 34.03344 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedartown West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.28324, 34.03344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dolomite, Knox Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Age of Mineralization Cambro - Ordivician
  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE PELLETS IN RESIDUAL CLAY ON KNOX DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedartown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Penland Hill: 3 To 10% Manganese Oxide Pellets In Oval Area 250 Ft. X 55 Ft. Up To 23 Ft. Deep; Pellet Concentrate Averaging 28.2% Manganese, 0.29% Co. Callahan: Old Mill Tailings 0.30% Co. Mc Collum: Manganese Oxide As Pellets In Residual Clay and Repl
Deposit PENLAND HILL: 3 TO 10% MANGANESE OXIDE PELLETS IN OVAL AREA 250 FT. X 55 FT. UP TO 23 FT. DEEP; PELLET CONCENTRATE AVERAGING 28.2% MANGANESE, 0.29% CO. CALLAHAN: OLD MILL TAILINGS 0.30% CO. MC COLLUM: MANGANESE OXIDE AS PELLETS IN RESIDUAL CLAY AND REPLACING WEATHERED(?)KNOX DOLOMITE AND CHERT; UP TO 1.14% CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey name; major comm.; age of mineralization,
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references

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