Davis Mine (Owl Hollow; Davis Mine Owl Hollow; McGill), Cherokee Co., Georgia, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Davis Mine (Owl Hollow; Davis Mine Owl Hollow; McGill) | Mine |
| Cherokee Co. | County |
| Georgia | State |
| USA | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 34° 12' 15'' North , 84° 28' 60'' West | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 34.20417,-84.48333 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: dn5ftd9je | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Mine | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nearest Settlements: |
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REF:Deposit:: BULL. 4-A, P. 191-19
Deposit:: Yeates, W.S., Mccallie, S.W., And King, F.P., 1896, A Preliminary Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 4a, 542 P.Yeates, W.S., Mccallie, S.W., And King, F.P., 1896, A Preliminary Report On The Gold Deposits Of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 4a, 542 P.
Commodities (Major) - Gold
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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| Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Paleozoic - Precambrian 251.902 - 4000 Ma ID: 2806326 | Mica Schist Age: Eoarchean to Triassic (251.902 - 4000 Ma) Comments: Original map source: Georgia Geological Survey, A branch of the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 1999 (updated Oct, 2000), Digital Geologic Map of Georgia (ver 2), scale 1:500,000. Lithology: Major:{mica schist} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3186696 | Mesoproterozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Comments: Blue Ridge Lithology: Paragneiss; paragneiss/metavolcanic gneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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