Hatchet Creek Copper

Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008290
MRDS ID D000301
Record type Site
Current site name Hatchet Creek Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.0333, 33.28348 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porter Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 020S 006E 21 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 1.0% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.0333, 33.28348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • 8 HOLES DRILLED TO 300 FT MAX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1963, ALABAMA DRILLING FINDS EXTENSIVE LOW GRADE CU MINERALIZATION: MINING WORLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.