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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081346
MRDS ID W033356
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Prospect
Related records 10209081

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.56384, 33.50432 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARBACOOCHEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ross Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(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

  • SECTION 35, T17S, R10E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.56384, 33.50432
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE KAOLIN MINING WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT AT THIS SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M., 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOL: SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A SANDSTONE (DECOMPOSED QUARTZITE?) WITH INTERSTRATIFIED GOLD-BEARING AND BARREN STREAKS; THIS UNIT IS CAPPED BY LIMONITE

Reporter information

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

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

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