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Ayers Prospect

Occurrence in Cleburne 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081328
MRDS ID W033337
Record type Site
Current site name Ayers Prospect
Related records 10209022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.50162, 33.49682 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF MICAVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 33, T17S, R11E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rock Decomposed To Saprolite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Poe Bridge Mountain Group
    Rock description Poe Bridge Mountain Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.50162, 33.49682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NO MINING DONE-GOLD VALUES REPORTED TO BE GOOD

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

    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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