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Sugar Hill deposit, Rydal, Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia, USAi
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Sugar Hill depositDeposit
Rydal- not defined -
Cartersville Mining DistrictMining District
Bartow CountyCounty
GeorgiaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 19' 6'' North , 84° 40' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rydal4,087 (2013)3.9km
White724 (2017)7.3km
Waleska802 (2017)11.6km
Fairmount736 (2017)13.2km
Canton25,469 (2017)19.5km
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ClubLocationDistance
Cobb County Gem and Mineral SocietyMarietta, Georgia42km
Rome Georgia Mineral Society Inc.Rome, Georgia45km
Mindat Locality ID:
71576
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:71576:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


An Fe-Mn occurrence located 3.9 km (2.4 miles) ESE of Rydal, along the E side of Sugar Hill Creek, along the N slope of Pine Log Mountain (E of Sugar Hill, Little Pine Log Mountain) (on a private lease). Discovered in 1954. Owned by J.M. Neel, Georgia (1974). Operated by the Bartow Mining Company, Georgia (1974).

Local rocks belong to the Chilhowee Formation.

Workings include unspecified surface openings.

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