Howard

Past Producer in Bartow 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144002
MAS/MILS ID 0130150028
Record type Site
Current site name Howard

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.76353, 34.18933 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bartow(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cartersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(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 Bartow

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.76353, 34.18933

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Cartersville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Riverside Ocher Co.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cherokee Ocher Co
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hale Georgia Minerals Corp.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918 A FEW CARLOADS OF MANGANESE ORE WERE SHIPPED FROM TH MINE. KNIGHT AND RICHARS SHIPPED 1126 LONG TONS IN 1940. FRO TO 1944 NEW RIVERSIDE OCHER CO. MINED 1100 LONG TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O NEIL, J. F. AND WYNDHAM, C. E. RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CARTE

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE DEPOSITS, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., U.S.B.M. R.I.5017, P

  • Deposit

    HULL, J. P. D., LA FORGE, L. AND CRANE, W. R., REPORT ON MAN

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITES OF GA., GEOL. SERVEY OFGA., BULL. NO. 35, P. 147

  • Deposit

    PEYTON, A. L. AND LEWEICKI, W. T., INVESTIGATION OF THE CART

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE DISTRICT, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., U.S.B.M. R.I. 4539,

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.