Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Coosa county in Alabama, United States with commodities Uranium, Graphite
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081303
MRDS ID W033312
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.31387, 32.93905 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEOGUFKA ALABAMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flag Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Coosa

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 31. T.23. N., R18E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Graphite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM RICH WEATHERED ZONE IN GRAPHITE BEARING SCHIST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Roscoelite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ROCK ANALYSES UP TO 613 PPM URANIUM
Result USUALLY AVERAGE 80 PPM URANIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Higgins Ferry Group
    Rock description Higgins Ferry Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.31387, 32.93905

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shear Zone Trending Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Oxidized

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30W TO N50W
    Dip 50 TO 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANIUM MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN HIGH GRADE ROSCOELITE-, GRAPHITE-BEARING SCHISTS OF THE HIGGINS FERRY GROUP IN CO-OSA COUNTY, ALABAMA. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDIZE-D SHEAR ZONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Discoverer Alabama Geological Survey

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE AND SHEAR ZONES SBPARALLEL TO THE ROCK DIP AND STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Beg, Mirza A. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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