| Deposit ID | 10216472 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0132330002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mccollum Prospect Cave Spring |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.39325, 34.06184 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 305 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Polk(county)
Georgia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Georgia | Polk |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Clay | Unknown |
| Hollandite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -85.39325, 34.06184 |
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| Strike | N45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cave Spring |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mc Collum, W. D. |
| Home office | Georgia |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Manganese Corp |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0132330002 |
CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPTS., MANGANESE, POLK CO
HULL, J.P.D., ET.AL., GEOL. SUR. OF GA. BULL 35, 1919, PP 16
PIERCE, W.G, USGS BULL. 940-J, 1943, P 279
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-823 OF 1975 ENTRY. RESERVE DATA BULL 35 - OWNERSHIP, EXPLORATION,ROCK AND DEPOSIT CHARACTERI BULL 940-J - GENERAL INFO FOR ALL RECORDS. REC 040 NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD SUR AREA POTENTIALLY DIST RECORD 050/ PROSPECT PITS WERE EXCAVATED BY THE SOUTHERN MA CORP. AND THE PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE AN BUREAU OF MINES (1943). RECORD 070/ COBALT BEARING MANGANESE ORE CONSISTS OF LITHIOP AND HOLLANDITE. A SAMPLE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE DEPOSIT WAS CO AND A SAMPLE FROM THE EASTERN PART CONTAINED 0.65% CO (RE 702) RECORD 080/ THE CO-MN ORE OCCURS AS FRACTURE FILLINGS AN REP MENT BODIES IN CHERT AND AS PELLETS IN RESIDUAL CLAY. THE P ARE LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND SEEM TO BE GRADATIONA THE CHERT DEPOSITS WHICH IN PLACES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN 20 F PITS. THE DEPOSIT MAY CONTAIN 2.3 METRIC TONS (50,000 LBS) COBALT ( CONFID. WAR. MIN. REPT.) THE DEPOSIT IS ON THE STEEP SE SIDE OF A RIDGE TRENDING ROUG N 45 E. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD ALL DEPOSIT DIMEN THE MCCOLLUM, GEMES, & WARD PROPERTIES IN NW GEORGIA AND THE OAK MINE IN SE TENN. COMBINED ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 7,000 OF MN OXIDES WITH 0.75% - 1.25% COBALT OR ABOUT 140,000 LBS (REC 702) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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