Teakle Prospect

Occurrence in Randolph county in Alabama, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136117
MRDS ID W033378
MAS/MILS ID 0011110009
Record type Site
Current site name Teakle Prospect
Related records 10081364

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.61685, 33.25125 (WGS84)
Elevation 260
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ofelia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Randolph

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 020 S 010 E 29 NWNWNW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Linnaeite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scolecite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -85.61685, 33.25125

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 51E
    Length 10M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N55E:51E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cragford

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER COMBINED METHODS
    Swell Factor .33
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings SEALED
    3rd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS,G I,1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALA.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY,T L,1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DI

  • Deposit

    CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALA.,GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA., CIRCU

  • Deposit

    PROUTY,W F,1923, GEOL. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY CO: GEO

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF ALABAMA, COUNTY REPT. 1

  • Deposit

    SPAINE,S I, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA., CIRCULAR 55

  • Deposit

    WEDOW,H.JR ET AL,1968, ZINC AND LEAD, IN USGS AND US BUR MIN

  • Deposit

    ERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALPCIAN REGION: USGS PROF. PAPER 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON ORIGINAL ENTRY, THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORD DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER- 3 KILOMETERS , DI TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- 3 KILOMETERS , DISTANCE TO POWER 0 KILOMETERS. RECORD 151 / ORIGINAL DATA SPECIFIES HAND SORTING, SIZING, W AND GRAVITY AS POSSIBLE BENEFICIATION METHODS. 50 PERCENT OF PAL PRODUCT IS RECOVERABLE BY GRAVITY METHODS ORIGINAL DATA LISTS ZINC AS A BYPRODUCT ON RECORD 01,AND AS IPAL PRODUCT ON THE MATRIX AND BENEFICIATION RECORDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-1995 Alabama Geological Survey Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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