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Mines, Mining and Geology - WPA State-Wide Minerals Survey Project - County Surveys, Technical and Supervisory Records

 Series
Identifier: 050-03-030

Scope and Contents

This series contains: (1) County Supervisors' reports; (2) field notes, charts, maps, and tables; (3) correspondence of the County Supervisors, for the following counties included in the Minerals Survey: Bartow, Bibb, Chatham, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Floyd, Fulton, Gilmer, Glynn, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Monroe, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Rabun, Richmond, Telfair, Troup and Ware.

For all other counties, except Brantley and Evans, mineral and water resource summaries are provided. Included in the folders for the counties in which survey teams worked are detailed reports regarding the location, type, and extent of mineral deposits. For some of these counties, specifically, Bryan, Camden, Chatham, and McIntosh, water table surveys are also provided. The majority of the records in this series are loose carbon copies of reports and correspondence, but some originals of correspondence are included.

Dates

  • Created: 1939-1942

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

4 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

The arrangement of the series is alphabetical by county, except for Richmond County, which is boxed separately with the data for the county as a whole filed in front of records regarding individual properties in the county on which mineral samplings were taken.

Title
Mines, Mining and Geology - WPA State-Wide Minerals Survey Project - County Surveys, Technical and Supervisory Records
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States