Franklin-Creighton Mine

Franklin-Creighton Mine is a past producer of gold, cobalt, copper in Cherokee County, Georgia, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1841 to 1909. It is one of 37 historic gold producers USGS lists in Cherokee County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Cobalt, Copper
Deposit type
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Workings
Underground
Production years
1841 to 1909
County
Cherokee County
State
Georgia
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
USGS record
10067865

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.