| Deposit ID | 10144016 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0130730001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | The Dixie Mountain Serpentine Dep |
| Alternate or previous names | Osit, Serpentine Deposit of Columbia Co, Unty Georgia |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.22265, 33.62154 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 104 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Columbia(county)
Georgia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Evans(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Savannah(hydrologic unit)
Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)
Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Georgia | Columbia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Magnesite | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.22265, 33.62154 |
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| Thickness | 12.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1609M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 402M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 75HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | International Minerals And Chemical Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Georgia |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 65HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0130730001 |
USBUMINES WAR MINERALS EXAMINATION OF SERPENTINITE DEPOSIT I
COLUMBIA COUNTY GEORGIA 5/5/44
A S PURCRON 2/41 MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM SALTS IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY GEORGIA GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
LAWRIE H TURNER 1/20/42 CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS ON CHROMITE
SAMPLE NUMBER 1726 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
USBUMINES MICROFILM STATISTICS ON INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | YEAR ENTERED 1975 RECORD 020 ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OWNER OPERATOR 1946 RECORD 050: DEPOSIT WAS MINED 1943 TO 1946, PRODUCING MGSO4. RECORD 060 COLUMN 59 RELATIONSHIP OF ROCK UNIT TO ORE IS AS COUNTRY ROCK RECORD 070 DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR MINERALS PRESENT RECORD 080 TYPE OF ORE BODY IS AN IGNEOUS INTRUSION OF SERPE WHICH HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED TO SERPENTINITE THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 34% MGO CONTAINED IN SERP THE MG CONTENT OF MGO IS ABOUT 60.3% CHROMITE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN SERPENTINITE AND COMPRISES A 3.5% OF THE ORE-FROM REFERENCE IN RECORDS 700-701 CHROMITE C 45.15% CR2O3 OBTAINED FROM THE REFERENCE IN RECORDS 704-705. THE RECOVERY OF CHROMITE IS DEPENDENT UPON THE PRODUCTION OF MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS FROM THE ORE (SERPENTINITE) THEREFORE CHROMITE BY PRODUCT CREDITS WERE NOT COSTED FOR MINE OR MILL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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