| Deposit ID | 10089734 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028996 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Farrar-Wallace Prospect |
| Related records | 10281647 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.67357, 33.23793 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 244 |
| Relative position | 2 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CRAGFORD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mellow Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Clay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Wedowee Group | ||||||
| Rock description | Wedowee Group | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -85.67357, 33.23793 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 DEG E |
| Dip | 19 DEG SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1860 |
| District name | Cragford |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028996 |
BREWER, W.M., 1896, UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 202 P.
ADAMS, G.I. 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.
NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 50, 52 P.
1896 RECON AGS
1968 RECON AGS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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