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AC Kyanite Mine Gumlog Mtn, Union County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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AC Kyanite Mine Gumlog Mtn, Union County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| None of the old-timers in the area seem to know anything about this mine tunnel. From the best I can determine, it was one of the kyanite prospects conducted by the A. C. Spark Plug Co. in 1931. February 2025 |
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| Slumped entrance into the mine adit (tunnel) |
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| Sheldon and Isaac for scale You can see that the hole is a tight squeeze, but we've been in worse! |
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| Closer view into the slumped entrance |
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| Once inside, the adit opened up to a standard configuration although on the small side; I couldn't stand completely upright. |
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| I came to a spot where the adit intersected a quartz vein. |
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| I kept feeling what I thought was water dripping on me, but it was the cave crickets jumping off the ceiling! |
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| End of the adit The total length was roughly 80-100 feet deep. |
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| The rear wall had a small pocket begun when work ended here. (See upper left of rear wall in previous image.) |
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| Turned around and heading back... |
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| Back at the quartz vein intersection... |
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| Mouse nest on a rock at the quartz vein. I saw one scampering around nearby. |
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| Part of the quartz vein. |
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| As I approached the entrance, Sheldon came down and joined me. We switched places and I took this pic of him. |
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| He took one of me, also. |
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| Back at the adit entrance. |
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| Me and Isaac (Photo by Sheldon) |
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| I studied the Gumlog Mtn area looking for more of the A.C. Sparkplug kyanite prospects, and found a likely spot. After a day of kyanite collecting at Nottely with Sheldon, I checked out the site on my way home. Sure enough, it was a long cut and several small pits, with lots of phyllite, a kyanite associate, laying around. March 2025 |
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| Kyanite prospect cut |
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| Kyanite prospect, opposite end. |