Davis Prospects

Past Producer in Gilmer county in Georgia, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143680
MRDS ID W100835
MAS/MILS ID 0131230002
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Prospects
Related records 10083955

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.40742, 34.75482 (WGS84)
Elevation 457

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilmer(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cashes Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dalton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coosawattee(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chattahoochee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Gilmer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.40742, 34.75482

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Davis
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF MN ORE SHIPPED THU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLIE,S.W.,GEOL.SURVEY OF GEORGIA,BULL.NO.35,1919,P.205

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.