Smith Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084787
MRDS ID W102241
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.45828, 33.49876 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE N OF STONE HILL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newell(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.45828, 33.49876

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discoverer Around 1860

Comments on development

  • THREE SHAFTS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS WERE DUG BEFORE AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR (1861065). PROBABLY VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G., 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINA AND ALABAMA; USGS, BULLETIN 1142-I, PP 42-46

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 Cannon, S.S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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