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Dempsey Pyrite Prospect

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sulfur, Iron, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10079329
MRDS ID W028561
Record type Site
Current site name Dempsey Pyrite Prospect
Related records 10160309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.76246, 33.45571 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 16 KM N LINEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cheaha Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(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 Clay

Comments on the location information

  • VALLEY IN EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF SOUTH MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.76246, 33.45571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanic

Comments on the geologic information

  • POST-ORE METAMORPISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alabama Copper Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; COLLECTOR'S SITE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; COLLECTOR'S DIGGINGS
  • PROUTY ( 1923 ) REPORTS PROSPECTING BEFORE WORLD WAR I - NO DETAILS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROUTY, W. F., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT 1 , 85 P

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOCHEM AG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE NOT KNOWN
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY
Deposit MICA GNEISS UNIT INCLUDES MICA SCHIST AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER GNEISSES AND SCHISTS, ALSO PEGMATITES AND INJECTIONS OF GRANITE; CORUNDUM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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