Briarpatch Quarry

Past Producer in Oglethorpe county in Georgia, United States with commodity Granite
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 10265863
MAS/MILS ID 0132210014
Record type Site
Current site name Briarpatch Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.98797, 33.95204 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oglethorpe(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vesta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Broad(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Oglethorpe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.98797, 33.95204

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 Unknown
    Owner Middle Georgia Quarrying Co.
    ID 900294

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON MSHA LIST 1981--ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

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 03/10/2020
MSHA mine ID0901253
Mine name (MSHA)Briar Patch Quarries, LLC
Current operatorBriar Patch Quarries, LLC
Current controller (parent)Larry R Cook
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (876 m, 0.80 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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