| Deposit ID | 10265568 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000736 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0131150003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gibson Mine |
| Related records | 10067863 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.24244, 34.10823 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 299 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Georgia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cedartown East(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 | Floyd |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Clay | Unknown |
| Hollandite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -85.24244, 34.10823 |
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| Thickness | 12M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 320M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 152M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 9.7HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cave Spring |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Glen York And R L Norton |
| Home office | Georgia |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0131150003 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000736 | MAS references MRDS |
CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPT. FILES, MANGANESE, FL
GEORGIA
PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL. 940-J, 1943, PP. 281-283.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-828 OF 1976 ENTRY REC 700,- REC 050, 080 REC 702 - GENERAL INFO FOR ALL RECORDS, MINE AREA MAP, COBAL REC 040 DEPOSIT 7 MI NORTH OF CEDARTOWN: MAX SUR AREA DISTU ROUGHLY CALCULATED FROM MINE AREA MAP (REC 702) REC 050 - MINING WAS DONE PRIOR TO 1942 BUT DATA IS NOT AVAI YORK AND NORTON MADE A LONG CUT IN EARLY 1942 AND HAULED A F TRUCKLOADS TO AN IRON WASHER FOR A TRIAL TEST. IN SPRING OF TEST PITS WERE PUT DOWN BY WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION MINE SOURCES SURVEY. PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE AND BU MINES (1951) REC 070 COBALT IS ADSORBED ON LITHIOPHORITE AND HOLLANDITE WAS DEPOSITED BY GROUND WATER. ONE SAMPLE OF WASHED CLAY C ED 8% PELLET ORE THAT RAN 24% MN, 6.6% FE, 0.3% CO. ANOTHER CONTAINED 5% PELLETS WHICH WERE 14% MN, 7.5% FE. A SAMPLE OF ORE CONTAINED 0.64% CO. (REC 702). THERE IS AN INFERRED 100 OF BANK MN ORE (REC 700) REC 080 MN-CO ORE OCCURS AS FRACTURE FILLINGS IN BRECCIATED AND AS PELLETS IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY. THE CHERT-ORE IS IN IRR MASSES, FRAC. FILLINGS AND IN POCKETS OF CLEAN HIGH GRADE OR PELLET ZONE LIES ABOVE AND IS GRADATIONAL WITH THE CHERT FRO IT IS DERIVED. IT IS LENTICULAR, THE THICKEST PORTION ON THE BELOW THE CREST OF THE HILL IS 22 FT. PELLETS RANGE FROM 1 M IN DIA. AND MANY HAVE CHERT OR QUARTZ CORES. CHERT IS PARTL PLACED BY ORE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD STRIKE AND THE GIBSON, PENLAND HILL, BERKSTRESSER, & CALLAHAN DEP IN GE THE THOMPSON PROPERTY OF ALA., AND THE ARMS MINE OF VA. HAVE IMATED AGGREGATE OF 25,000 TONS OF MN OXIDES WITH 0.2% - 0.3 ABOUT 140,000 LBS OF COBALT (REC 702) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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