Chattooga River Prospect

Past Producer in Rabun county in Georgia, United States with commodity Asbestos
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215754
MAS/MILS ID 0132410017
Record type Site
Current site name Chattooga River Prospect
Alternate or previous names Nicholson Estate/Nicholson Heirs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.18488, 34.91731 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rabun(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Satolah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Toccoa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tugaloo(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(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 Rabun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Aluminous Schist

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Powhatan Mining Co
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOPKINS OB 1914 GA GEOL SUR BULL 29

  • Deposit

    TEAGUE KH 1956 GA MINERAL NEWSLETTER VOL 9 NO 1

  • Deposit

    PRODUCED 20 TONS SLIP-FIBER IN 1955--POWHATAN MINING CO

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.

External references