| Deposit ID | 10185020 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010270013 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mcghee Prospect |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.01277, 33.22096 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 262 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bulls Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Clay |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 021 S | 006 E | 03 | NWSWSW | Alabama |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -86.01277, 33.22096 |
|---|
| Strike | N40E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 55E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0010270013 |
SPAINE, SUZANNE. BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOS
ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 55, 1969, PP
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GRANT NO. GO133075 ENTERED 1974/ REVISIONS BY T. Q. LYDAY 19 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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