Chisolm Prospect

Occurrence in Tallapoosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096631
MRDS ID W033388
Record type Site
Current site name Chisolm Prospect
Related records 10111961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.86107, 32.9946 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF FOSHEETON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksons Gap(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

  • SECTION 9, T23N, R22E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group;Emuckfaw Formation
    Rock description Wedowee Group;Emuckfaw Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.86107, 32.9946

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldville District

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ASSAY OF SAMPLE BY PHILLIPS (1892) YIELDED $2.06 PER TON IN GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PART OF THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHILTON, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A SANDY QUARTZ VEIN 6 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Rheams, Karen F Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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