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Trickem Copper Anomoly

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079324
MRDS ID W028550
Record type Site
Current site name Trickem Copper Anomoly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.43328, 33.56265 (WGS84)
Elevation 3054
Relative position 17 KM SE HEFLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hightower(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF WISE CHAPEL ON COUNTY ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICAL ANOMOLY 800 PM CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Hillabee Greenstone
    Rock description Hillabee Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.43328, 33.56265
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 100M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOUTH EDGE ANOMOLY-FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer R. E. Greer

Mining district

District name Alabama Copper Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TULL, J. F., AND STOW, S. H., 1979 , THE HILLABEE METAVOLCANIC COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED ROCK SEQUENCES: GUIDEBOOK 17 ANN. FIELD TRIP, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1979 , MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED SULFIDES OF THE ALABAMA COPPER BELT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE 13 P.

  • Deposit

    GEER, R.E., 1965, REPORT ON GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS FOR COPPER IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOCHEM ALAMAG CO

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOCHEM AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE AND EXTENT NOT KNOWN
Deposit GEOCHEMICAL ANOMOLY CONFIRMED BY GSA. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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