1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Franklin-Creighton Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Georgia, United States with commodities Gold, Cobalt, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067865
MRDS ID W000738
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin-Creighton Mine
Alternate or previous names Creighton Mine, Franklin
Related records 10288876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.26661, 34.31183 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ball Ground East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Etowah(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • Previous Quad Designation = Cherokee 1:625000
  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHEROKEE 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic Carbonate
  • (Local) Sericite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.26661, 34.31183
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mica Schist And Amphibole Gneiss, Chlorite Schist And Banded Iron Formation, Univeter Fm

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50-80 E
    Dip 40-50 SE
    Length 37M
    Width 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Two Zones With the Rangeing From 15 To 27 M Long and Averaging?1m Thick.
  • TWO LODES, PARALLEL TO FOLIATION (N 50-80E, DIP 40-50 SE); LODES PITCH TOuTHE NORTHEAST. TWO LODES, PARALLEL TO FOLIATION(N. 50-80 DEG. E., DIP 40-50 DEG. SE.).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1841
Year of last production 1909
Production years BEFORE 1909

Mining district

District name No.3

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Period 1840-1909
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Opt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; PYRITE WITH LESS THAN 1% COPPER IN HYPOGENE SULFIDE ORE; CARRIES 100-200 PPM COBALT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M
    Overall length 1200M

Comments on the workings information

  • Worked From Five Shafts Over the Distance of 1.2 Km.
  • WORKED FROM FIVE SHAFTS OVER THE DISTANCE OF 1.2 KM.

Comments on development

  • MINE FLOODED IN 1909 BY CAVE-IN BELOW RESERVOIR ON THE ETOWAH RIVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINKEL, A.R., WRITTEN COMMUNICATION TO J.S. VHAY; COOK, 1978 GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 93; PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS BULLETIN 213, P.129

  • Production

    PARDEE AND PARK, 1948

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

  • Deposit

    Cook, R.B., 1978, Minerals Of Georgia: Their Properties And Occurrences: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin B-92, 189 P. Cook, R.B., 1978, Minerals Of Georgia: Their Properties And Occurrences: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin B-92, 189 P.

  • Deposit

    Pardee, J.T., And Parks, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 213, 129 PPardee, J.T., And Parks, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits Of The Southern Piedmont: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 213, 129 P

  • Deposit

    Mcconnell, K.I. And Abrams, C.E., 1984, Geology Of The Greater Atlanta Region: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 96, 127 P.Mcconnell, K.I. And Abrams, C.E., 1984, Geology Of The Greater Atlanta Region: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 96, 127 P.

  • Deposit

    Kinkel, A.R., Written Communication To J.S. Vhay

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit; 5 Pers Comm
Deposit TWO ZONES WITH THE RANGEING FROM 15 TO 27 M LONG AND AVERAGINGu1M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey location accuracy, easting and northing, name, ref., prod.comm, host rocks
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, Terry L. U.S. Geological Survey
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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site