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Franklin Mine

Occurrence in Chilton county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081307
MRDS ID W033316
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Mine
Alternate or previous names Jameison Mine
Related records 10233059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.80274, 32.90016 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.8 MILE EAST OF HUBBARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksons Gap(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 Chilton

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 8, T22N, R13E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Unity Group
    Rock description Unity Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dadeville Complex; Agricola Schist
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON GIVEN SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chilton County District

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL GROUP OF PITS

Comments on development

  • SMALL GROUP OF PITS-SOME PROSPECTING DONE IN 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    DUNLOP, J.P., 1924, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923, PART 1, P. 1-7.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

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