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Clem Vines North Prospect

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079487
MRDS ID W029049
Record type Site
Current site name Clem Vines North Prospect
Related records 10135742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.61384, 32.92683 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position .3 KM NORTH 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 SECTION 2 (T22N-R24E) NORTH AND SOUTH OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY ROAD 44

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 Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Pyroxenite And Amphibolite
    Rock description Pyroxenite And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.61384, 32.92683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 1200M
    Width 415M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 112.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS TO DATE; EXPLORATION ONLY

Comments on development

  • BUR. OF MINES REPORT CONTAINES DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TRENCH SECTION; ALSO SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON BUREAU 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 A 95 M TRENCH WAS EXCAVATED AND LOG DESCRIPTION MADE. THREE 10 CM DIAMETER AUGER HOLES WERE MADE TO A DEPTH 4.5 M BELOW TRENCH DEPTH. TWO OF THE HOLES CONTAINED CROSS-FIBER ANTHOPHYLLITE IN THE AUGER CUTTINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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