Colley Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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 10192026
MAS/MILS ID 0131810002
Record type Site
Current site name Colley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.52096, 33.74204 (WGS84)
Elevation 228

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clark Hill Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.52096, 33.74204

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Piedmont Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. D. Butler (Mineral Rights)
    Home office California
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cherokee Mining Co.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEM.,U.S.B.M.,PIEDMONT MN BELT,1943,FILE NO.E-2

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.