Briar Patch Mine

Past Producer in Lumpkin county in Georgia, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119056
MAS/MILS ID 0131870046
Record type Site
Current site name Briar Patch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.9952, 34.48982 (WGS84)
Elevation 341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lumpkin(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murrayville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Commerce(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Chattahoochee(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Lumpkin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.9952, 34.48982

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, S P, 1909, GA GEOL SURVEY BULL 19, PP. 179-182.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J T & PARK, JR., C F, 1948, USGS PROF PAPER 213, P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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