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Odenville Copper Prospect

Occurrence in St. Clair county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Limestone, General
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  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096526
MRDS ID W028562
Record type Site
Current site name Odenville Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Page-Newton Place, Susie May Hall
Related records 10185093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.39998, 33.67097 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 1 KM S ODENVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Clair(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Odenville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(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 St. Clair

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lenoir Limestone
    Rock description Lenoir Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.39998, 33.67097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Billie Spence

Comments on development

  • 4 DRILL LOGS IN AGS FILE - CU FOUND IN 2 HOLES. ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN LESS THAN 1 % CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    1925 DIREXPL PRIVATE - SHAFT

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL PRIVATE - 4 DRILL HOLES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERAL POTENTIAL UNKNOWN - LIMITED EXPOSURES ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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