Yorkville Mine

Past Producer in Paulding county in Georgia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10083777
MRDS ID W100587
Record type Site
Current site name Yorkville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.96743, 33.91684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paulding(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yorkville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Paulding

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Native Gold and Gold In Sulfides

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.96743, 33.91684

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mica Schist, Amphibolite, And Banded Iron Formation, Dog River Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LESURE, 1983; GA GS BULL. 19

  • Deposit

    Lesure, F.G., Curtin, G. C., And D'Agistino, J.P., 1993, Mineral Resource Assessment Of Gold And Silver In The Greenville 1-Degree X 2-Degree Quadrangle, South Carolina, Georgia, And North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey Field InvestigatioLesure, F.G., Curtin, G. C., And D'Agistino, J.P., 1993, Mineral Resource Assessment Of Gold And Silver In The Greenville 1-Degree X 2-Degree Quadrangle, South Carolina, Georgia, And North Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey Field Investigatio

  • Deposit

    Jones, S.P., 1909, Second Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 19, 453 P, Georgia Geological Survey Bull 96Jones, S.P., 1909, Second Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 19, 453 P, Georgia Geological Survey Bull 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey location accuracy, easting and northing, add non-ore min.; host rocks, prod comm, deleted reference
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Whitlow, S. 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