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Unnamed Sand Deposit

Prospect in Hancock county in Georgia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097372
MRDS ID TC34482
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sand Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.94957, 33.11456 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 11 MI S-SE OF SPARTA, GEORGIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deepstep(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Oconee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Hancock

Comments on the location information

  • Adjacent To Buffalo Creek
  • ADJACENT TO BUFFALO CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore
Silt Gangue

Analytical data

Result FOR A SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM 8 FT DEEP AUGER HOLE, 84% PASSES 3/4INCH SIEVE, 83% PASSES 1/2 INCH SIEVE, 82% PASSES 3/8 INCH SIEVE, 78% PASSES NO. 4 MESH SIEVE, 69% PASES NO. 8 MESH SIEVE, 55% PASSES NO. 16 MESH SIEVE, 46% PASSES NO. 30 MESH SIEVE, 39% PASSES NO. 50 MESH SIEVE, 29% PASSES NO. 100 MESH SIEVE, 23% PASSES NO. 200 MESH SIEVE
Result THIS SIZE DISTRIBUTION FAILS TO MEET ASTM STANDARD C-33, THE STANDARD FOR A FINE AGGREGATE, BUT COULD BE UPGRADED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Irwinton Sand
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Alluvium

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 5 Acres

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • I ESTIMATE VOLUME OF 49,000 CUBIC METERS

Comments on development

  • LOCALITY IDENTIFIED BASED ON SOIL TYPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRACKMAN, J.S., 1991, CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL POTENTIAL OF THE MIDDLE GEORGIA COASTAL PLAIN: GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 119, 228 P

  • Other Database

    BRACKMAN NO. HAN-1

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRACKMAN, 1991

  • Deposit

    Brackman, J.S., 1991, Construction Material Potential Of The Middle Georgia Coastal Plain: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin 119, 228 P.Brackman, J.S., 1991, Construction Material Potential Of The Middle Georgia Coastal Plain: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin 119, 228 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey can t find - not specific location; deposit type
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey entered commodity codes

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