Griffin Prospect

Occurrence in Tallapoosa 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081379
MRDS ID W033399
Record type Site
Current site name Griffin Prospect
Related records 10257772

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.68746, 33.96681 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUTTSTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 19, T23N, R24E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.68746, 33.96681

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS EITHER IRON-STAINED, SUGARY QUARTZ OR, GLOSSY AND FLINTY HARD QUARTZ WITH IRON SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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