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Wellington Prospect

Occurrence in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089717
MRDS ID W028547
Record type Site
Current site name Wellington Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.89718, 33.80292 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 0.7 MI SE OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellington(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 Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014S 007E 14 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • CREST OF VALLEY SPUR ADJACENT TO NORTH SIDE OF CATAWBA RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Conasauga Formation
    Rock description Conasauga Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.89718, 33.80292
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Angel District

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; MINOR AMOUNT OF CRYSTALS ON SURFACE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR POTENTIAL

Comments on development

  • CORUNDUM FOUND USUALLY ON SURFACE, OCCURRING AS GRAYISH MASSES AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER AND IN SMALL, ROUGH CRYSTALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T. L., CLARKE, O. M. JR., SMITH, E. W., SZABO, M. W. AND WHITE, D. H. JR., 1972 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRC. 81 P. 23 .

  • Deposit

    EHINGER, R.F., 1964, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE ANGEL DISTRICT, ANGEL, ALABAMA: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOCHEM UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY
Deposit CORUNDUM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Cofield, Steven E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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