Blue Ridge Ocher

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 10144344
MAS/MILS ID 0130150027
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ridge Ocher

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.75073, 34.17823 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

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) -84.75073, 34.17823

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1859
Year of first production 1859

Mining district

District name Cartersville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hope, H. G.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • SOME MANGANESE ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE IN 1859. IN 18 A.P. SILVA MINED AN UNKNOWN, BUT LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE. IN 191 SEVERAL TONS OF MN ORE WERE ALSO PRODUCED.

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,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF GA., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GA., BULL NO. 35,

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.