Avant Mine A

Producer in Washington county in Georgia, United States with commodity Kaolin
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 10265290
MAS/MILS ID 0133030074
Record type Site
Current site name Avant Mine A

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.95267, 33.03186 (WGS84)
Elevation 82

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deepstep(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thomson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Oconee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.95267, 33.03186

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cyprus Industrial Minerals

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GA EPA RECORDS AT MACON,GA-DEC-77 GA MINES NO. 463

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 04/25/1995
MSHA mine ID0901088
Mine name (MSHA)Avant Mine
Current operatorSoutheastern Performance Minerals, LLC
Current controller (parent)David M Avant Jr; Paul D Coughlan
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1006 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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