Stringfellow Prospect

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084770
MRDS ID W102213
Record type Site
Current site name Stringfellow Prospect
Related records 10184853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.95135, 33.27237 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI. DUE WEST OF ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
20 07 19 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.95135, 33.27237

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1854

Comments on development

  • 60 FOOT SHAFT SUNK (1854 OR 1855). PROSPECT THEN ABANDONED AFTER ENCOUNTERING ONLY A THIN SEAM OF PYRITE AND A LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I. 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, BULL 40,P62-63.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, SUZANNE I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA,CIR. 55, P74.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references