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East Georgia Mines of Thiele Kaolin

East Georgia Mines of Thiele Kaolin. Tim Blue and Michael Fulghum Introduction to GIS Dr. Oetter. Kaolin in Georgia.

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East Georgia Mines of Thiele Kaolin

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  1. East Georgia Mines of Thiele Kaolin Tim Blue and Michael Fulghum Introduction to GIS Dr. Oetter

  2. Kaolin in Georgia • Sedimentary kaolin deposits were formed in middle Georgia as a result of the weathering and erosion of the Piedmont rock, enriching the lives of Georgians who reside along the Fall Line. http://www.kaolin.com/geology/index.htm

  3. The objective of kaolin mining is to profitably extract a useful and beneficial industrial mineral and then to return the land to a stable and productive use through reclamation. http://www.kaolin.com/geology/kaolin10.html

  4. So What’s it Good For? Paper, Plastics, Paints, Porcelain, Ceramics, Rubber, and more!!!

  5. Different Mines, Different Qualities • The volume and quality of the deposits, as well as market applications, usually determine the life of a kaolin mine. • Crude kaolin quality is determined by many different features and values including brightness and particle size. For our purposes Thiele condensed the quality information into only three categories: coating, filler, and marginal. • We used Excel spreadsheet data to estimate the amount of each quality of kaolin initially available in each mine at the time surveying was done.

  6. Problem Statement • We propose to use collected data to determine which kaolin site contains the greatest amount of each major quality type of kaolin.

  7. Results * *The Hobbs-Hinton mine contained the greatest total footage of all three qualities.

  8. Photographs Hobbs-Hinton Mine, Warren County

  9. Acknowledgements • Thanks to Thiele Kaolin Company, especially Alex Cawthon, Charles Jordan, and Teresa White for providing guidance and data.

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