| Deposit ID | 10079455 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028999 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Worthy-Walker Mine |
| Related records | 10232770 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.64718, 33.23793 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 244 |
| Relative position | 1 KM NW OF NEW HOPE CHURCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Randolph(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mellow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Randolph |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wedowee Group | ||||
| Rock description | Wedowee Group | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| (1) | -85.64718, 33.23793 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 35 DEG E |
| Dip | 38 DEG SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cragford |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028999 |
BREWER, W.M., 1876, UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 5.
ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOL SURVEY BULL 40.
TULL, J.F., STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVADD ZONE: AM. J. SCI. V. 278. P 442-460
NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 50, 52 P.
1896 RECON AGS
1968 RECON AGS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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