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Van Smith Soapstone Prospect

Occurrence in Clay 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079489
MRDS ID W029051
Record type Site
Current site name Van Smith Soapstone Prospect
Related records 10281910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.70746, 33.46959 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position .75 KM NORTHWEST OF NEEDMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON EDGE OF FISHHEAD VALLEY SE/SW SECTION 9 (T18S--R9E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.70746, 33.46959
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROUTY, W.F., 1923, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPORT 1, P 190

  • Deposit

    1923 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP NEAR MANGANESE VEIN EXTENT NOT KNOWN
Deposit SOAPSTONE IS EXPOSED ON AN OLD TRAIL 110 METERS NORTHWEST OF MANGANESE VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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