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Prather Prospect

Occurrence in Tallapoosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096530
MRDS ID W029047
Record type Site
Current site name Prather Prospect
Related records 10208731

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.65802, 32.92072 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Relative position 1.5 KM NORTH EAST OF LEBANON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buttston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SECTION 4 (T22N--R24E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Pyroxenite And Amphibolite
    Rock description Pyroxenite And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.65802, 32.92072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 675M
    Width 345M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Location Of Mafic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dadeville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS TO DATE EXCEPT EXPLORATION.

Comments on development

  • BUREAU OF MINES REPORT CONTAINS TYPICAL DRILL-CORE LOGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, TALC AND ANTHOPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN TALLAPOOSA AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 90, 98 P

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREXPL AMERICAN TALC CO

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1967, TALC AND ASBESTOS AT DADEVILLE ALABAMA: U.S. BUR OF MINES REPT. INV. 7045, 57 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1963, TWELVE DRILL HOLES WERE COMPLETED TO AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 65 FEET. THREE BOTTOMED IN TALC.

Reporter information

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

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