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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Chambers county in Alabama, United States with commodities Aluminum, Clay
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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 10081299
MRDS ID W033307
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.44856, 32.87933 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 2.5 MILES WSW OF LAFAYETTE, Surface, Surface

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chambers(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lafayette(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 Chambers

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 21, T22N, R26E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Clay Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GIBBSITE-RICH SOIL AND SAPROLITE DERIVED FROM QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.44856, 32.87933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M
  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GIBBSITE OCCURS IN SOIL AND SAPROLITE DERIVED FROM QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS AND AMPHIBOLITE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABA-MA. IT FORMS AS MUCH AS 31 PERCENT OF THE REGOLITH ABOVE. THE -WATER TABLE ON GENTLE SLOPES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1982
Discoverer Alabama Geological Survey

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • THE AREA WAS DELINEATED FROM THE SOIL SURVEY FOR GIBBSITE IN THE PIEDMONT OF ALABAMA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEG, M.A., 1982, EVALUATION OF CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS IN ALABAMA - GIBBSITE IN SAPROLITE OF EA-ST-CENTRAL ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT., 77P.

  • Deposit

    BEG, M.A., 1983, EVALUATION OF CERAMIC AND REFRACTORY GRADE RAW MATERIALS IN ALABAMA - GIBBSITE IN SAPROLITE OF EA-ST-CENTRAL ALABAMA, PHASE II-DETAILED EVALUATION: ALABAMA GEOL-. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT., 70P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V.14, PP. 203-212.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, J.P., AND DIXON, J.B., 1964, CLAY MINERALOGY AND WEATHERING OF RED-YELLOW PODZOLIC SOIL FROM QUARTZ MICA S-CHIST IN THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS, V.12, - PP. 509-521.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE CONTIGUOUS AREAS OF 10 PERCENT OR MORE GIBBSITE OUTLINED. THE DEPOSITS OCCUR ABOVE THE WATER TABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Beg, Mirza A. Alabama Geological Survey

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