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Colley Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Georgia, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289652
MRDS ID W100605
MAS/MILS ID 0131810003
Record type Site
Current site name Colley Mine
Related records 10083792

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.42126, 33.78484 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincolnton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Athens(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.42126, 33.78484
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Boykin
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cherokee Mining Co.
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918 A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF MN ORE WERE SHIPPED BY J.R. WH F ATLANTA,GEORGIA,TO THE SOUTHERN MN CORP.OF ANNISTON, ALABAMA IN 1939 A FEW CARLOADS OF MN ORE WERE SHIPPED TO BIRMINGHAM, BY K.D.BUTLER OF CALIFORNIA. IN 1942 ONE CARLOAD OF MN ORE WAS SHIPPED BY CHEROKEE MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLIE,S.W.,GEOL.SURVEY OF GEORGIA,BULL.NO.35,1919,P.21

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERAL MEM.,U.S.B.M.,PIEDMONT MN BELT,1943,FILE NO.E-24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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