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Pikes Peak Fuller's Earth

Past Producer in Bibb county in Georgia, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068434
MRDS ID W001491
Record type Site
Current site name Pikes Peak Fuller's Earth

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.6191, 32.82766 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bibb(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Macon East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Macon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Macon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ocmulgee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Bibb

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cristobalite Ore
Opal Ore
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.6191, 32.82766
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dry Branch Formation;Twiggs Clay Member

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Deposits Mined-In Twiggs Clay Member of Barnwell Fm (Eocene)
  • Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Old Pits Located At Pikes Peak East of Macon, Ga.
  • OLD PITS LOCATED AT PIKES PEAK EAST OF MACON, GA.

Comments on development

  • GENERAL REDUCTION CO. PLANT MACON, GA. CLOSED SEPT. 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. NO. 1

  • Deposit

    Puri, H.S. (Ed.), 1971, Proceedings Seventh Forum On Geology Of Industrial Minerals: Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 17, 228 P.Puri, H.S. (Ed.), 1971, Proceedings Seventh Forum On Geology Of Industrial Minerals: Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 17, 228 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS MINED-IN TWIGGS CLAY MEMBER OF BARNWELL FM (EOCENE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-APR-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey age of mineralization, add host rock type;
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; checked location

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