Stringfellow Prospect

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184853
MRDS ID W102213
MAS/MILS ID 0010270011
Record type Site
Current site name Stringfellow Prospect
Alternate or previous names Stringfellow Mine
Related records 10084770

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.95826, 33.27455 (WGS84)
Elevation 365

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 020 S 007 E 19 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.95826, 33.27455

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N99E
    Dip 99S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N99E:99S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, SUZANNE. BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOS

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 55, 1969, P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G. I. GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF CO

  • Deposit

    PYRITE, ARSENIC AND TIN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA BULLE

  • Deposit

    1930, PP. 62-63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANT NO. GO133075 ENTERED 1974/ REVISIONS BY T. Q. LYDAY 19 RECORD 040, COLUMNS 71-80/MAP NAME IS CLAIRMONT SPRINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references