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Garfield Heard Property

Occurrence in Tallapoosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079486
MRDS ID W029048
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield Heard Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.61912, 32.91877 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Relative position .5 KM WEST OF OZIAH CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dudleyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2, SW 1/4 SECTION 2 AND NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 11 (T22N--R24E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Rock unit name Pyroxenite
    Rock description Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.61912, 32.91877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Location Of Mafic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dadeville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Powhatan Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • POWHATTAN MINING CO REMOVED 100 TONS OF ANTHOPHYLLITE IN A PROSPECTING EFFORT. MOST EXCAVATIONS WERE REFILLED.

Comments on development

  • BUR. OF MINES REPORT CONTAINS DETAILED INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS OF ADJOINING PROPERTIES OF CLEM VINES AND GEORGE SIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, TALC AND ANTHOPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN TALLAPOOSA AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 90, 98 P

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON BUR. OF MINES

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1967, TALC AND ASBESTOS AT DADEVILLE ALABAMA: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, REPT. INV. 7045, 57 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKETS OF ANTHOPHYLLITE RANGING FROM ONE TO EIGHT TONS HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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