Section House Mine, Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Section House Mine | Mine |
| Cartersville Mining District | Mining District |
| Bartow County | County |
| Georgia | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 8' 27'' North , 84° 45' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Emerson | 1,535 (2017) | 1.7km |
| Cartersville | 20,319 (2017) | 4.5km |
| Acworth | 22,131 (2017) | 11.4km |
| Euharlee | 4,261 (2017) | 15.7km |
| White | 724 (2017) | 15.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society | Marietta, Georgia | 29km |
| Rome Georgia Mineral Society Inc. | Rome, Georgia | 39km |
The Section house barytes mine 1s on lot 751, 4th district, 3d section, three-quarters of a mile north-northwest of Emerson. The washer is situated on a siding of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway and the open-cut is 130 yards northeast of the railroad. The land forms a part of the railroad property near the section house, hence the name of the mine. In April, 1917, W. S. Peebles and B. C. Sloan of Cartersville leased the property and began working the deposit.
The geological structure at the Section house mine is somewhat obscured by the unconsolidated and heterogeneous mass of ore-bearing clays. No outcrops of rocks occur at the mine and no solid rock was exposed by the open-cut, but about 100 yards southwest and less than 100 yards north and northeast of the cut there are outcrops of Weisner quartzite that show strikes ranging from N.22°E. to N.25°E. and dips from 55° to 70°SE. This general attitude of the formation is typical and the position of the rock corresponds to that of the quartzite foot wall of other mines in the vicinity. The open-cut extends northeastward, approximately parallel to the strike of the rocks. It is in the clayey material down the dip from, or overlying; the quartzite.
The geological structure at the Section house mine is somewhat obscured by the unconsolidated and heterogeneous mass of ore-bearing clays. No outcrops of rocks occur at the mine and no solid rock was exposed by the open-cut, but about 100 yards southwest and less than 100 yards north and northeast of the cut there are outcrops of Weisner quartzite that show strikes ranging from N.22°E. to N.25°E. and dips from 55° to 70°SE. This general attitude of the formation is typical and the position of the rock corresponds to that of the quartzite foot wall of other mines in the vicinity. The open-cut extends northeastward, approximately parallel to the strike of the rocks. It is in the clayey material down the dip from, or overlying; the quartzite.
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4 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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- Southern and Central ApplachianAccretionary Complex
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