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Gilley Fluorspar Deposit

Occurrence in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079475
MRDS ID W029032
Record type Site
Current site name Gilley Fluorspar Deposit
Related records 10257846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.69718, 33.99181 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 18 KM S OF CENTRE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • W W SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE CAN BE USED AS AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Analytical data

Result CAF2 36.9 % CACO3 .4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Conasauga Formation
    Rock description Conasauga Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.69718, 33.99181
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10 DEG.W
    Dip 72 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer J C Gilley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Gilley

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION, SERIES OF TEST PITS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • ONE TON FLUORSPAR TESTED IN STEEL MILL AT GADSTON, ALA. WITH FAVORABLE RESULTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL US BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J.F., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF GILLEY FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4660, 6 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION LIMITED TO SMALL AREA
Deposit MINERAL POTENTIAL UNKNOWN BECAUSE MOST OF POTENTIAL MINERAL AREA IS COVERED BY INTENSELY LEACHED RESIDUUM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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