King Mine

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079323
MRDS ID W028549
Record type Site
Current site name King Mine
Related records 10184657

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.68329, 33.53626 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 15 KM SW HEFLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollis Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(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 Cleburne

Comments on the location information

  • BREWER (1896), PARDEE AND PARK (1948) REPORTED WRONG LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.68329, 33.53626

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 65SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chula Finnee

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION NOT KNOWN
Deposit PROSPECTED 1934 BY SOUTHERN APPALACHAIN DEVELOPMENT CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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