| Deposit ID | 10081302 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033310 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Occurrence |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.29997, 33.00017 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 213 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | ONE MILE SOUTH EAST OF WEOGUFKA ALABAMA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Weogufka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Graphite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Roscoelite | Gangue |
| Result | ROCK ANALYSES UP TO 613 PPM URANIUM |
|---|---|
| Result | USUALLY AVERAGE 80 PPM URANIUM. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Higgins Ferry Group | ||||
| Rock description | Higgins Ferry Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -86.29997, 33.00017 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone Trending Ne. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Oxidized |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W TO N50W |
| Dip | 50 TO 70 SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1974 |
| Discoverer | Alabama Geological Survey |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033310 |
SRC.REF: COOK, R.B., HICKS, B.K., AND BEG, M.A., 1982, RECONNAISSANCE URANIUM EXPLORATION IN COOSA AND CLAY COUNTIES, ALABA-MA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 107, 44P.
BEG, M.A., 1980, ASSESSMENT OF URANIUM RESOURCES IN THREE SELECT RADIO-METRIC ANOMALIES IN THE NORTHERN ALABAMA PI-EDMONT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41P.
COOK, R.B., HICKS, B.K., AND BEG, M.A., 1982 RECONNAISSANCE URANIUM EXPLORATION IN COOSA AND CLAY COUNTIES ALABAMA. ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRC. 107, 44P.
NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY ALABAMA:, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152, 19P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE AND SHEAR ZONES SBPARALLEL TO THE ROCK DIP AND STRIKE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Beg, Mirza A. | Alabama Geological Survey |
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