Rippatoe Placer

Past Producer in Chilton 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111694
MRDS ID W029038
MAS/MILS ID 0010210041
Record type Site
Current site name Rippatoe Placer
Related records 10106131

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.48305, 32.80097 (WGS84)
Elevation 155

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chambers(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moorefield(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 Chilton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.48305, 32.80097

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, SUZANNE I, 1969, ALA GEOL SURVEY CIRC 55, PP. 67-68.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J T & PARK, JR, C F, 1948, USGS PROF PAPER 213, P. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.