Unnamed Gold Prospect Tunnel

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081327
MRDS ID W033336
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Gold Prospect Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.89163, 33.18072 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Clay

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SECTION 23, T21S, R7E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.89163, 33.18072

Economic information

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 Idaho District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.