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Duncan Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096632
MRDS ID W033391
Record type Site
Current site name Duncan Prospect
Related records 10233331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.86663, 32.95572 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STURDIVANT, Estimat, Estimat, Estimat

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

  • NW1/4 SECTION 28, T23N, R22E - NOW SUBMERGED BY THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER.

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 > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Emuckfaw Formation
    Rock description Emuckfaw Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.86663, 32.95572
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.76M

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 ONE SAMPLE YIELDED $4.13 PER TON IN GOLD (1892).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOL. SURV-EY 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 GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN 2.5 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

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