Chulafinnee Placer Mines

Past Producer in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079326
MRDS ID W028552
Record type Site
Current site name Chulafinnee Placer Mines
Related records 10208932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.63328, 33.55015 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 12 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Comments on the location information

  • FLOOD PLAINS - CHULAFINNEE AND CARR CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD CONTENT LOW

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Hillabee Greenstone
    Rock description Hillabee Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.63328, 33.55015

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chulafinnee

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS IN SECS. 14 , 15 , 16 , 23 , 24 , 25 - T 17 S - R 9 E - ON CHULAFINNEE AND CARR CREEKS BREWER 1896 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PROBABLY EXHAUSTED - 1896 BREWER REPORTED AVERAGE EARNING 75 CENTS PER DAY BY SLUCING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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