| Deposit ID | 10079333 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028568 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whatley Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.9069, 33.32098 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 366 |
| Relative position | 9 KM NW ASHLAND |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clairmont Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Clay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Poe Bridge Mtn Group |
| Rock description | Poe Bridge Mtn Group |
| (1) | -85.9069, 33.32098 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Idaho |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 9.14M |
| Overall width | 10M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028568 |
PARDEE, W. B., AND PARK, C. F. JR., 1948 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 231 , P. 144 - 146 .
BREWER, W. M., 1896 , A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY BULL 5 , P. 57 - 65 .
1896 RECON AGS
1948 RECON PARDEE AND PARK
CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1979 , IDAHO GOLD DISTRICT, CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 10 P.
1975 RECON AGS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OCCURRENCE ONLY; CRYSTALS FOUND ON SURFACE |
| Deposit | CORUNDUM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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