| Deposit ID | 10185050 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0010190035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Thompson Property |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.61745, 33.98204 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 213 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cherokee(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Cherokee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 012 S | 010 E | 19 | NE | Alabama |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clay | Unknown |
| Hollandite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -85.61745, 33.98204 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 194HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Goshen Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Thompson, O. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0010190035 |
CONFIDENTIAL FILES, WAR.MIN.REPTS., CHEROKEE CO., ALA., THOM
1949
PIERCE, W.G., USGS. BULL. 940-J, 1943, P. 268 & 272.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-817 OF 1976 ENTRY. GENERAL INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS IN THIS F BULL. 940-J- GENERAL INFO. FOR ROCK AND DEPOSIT CHAR., COBAL RECORD 030/ DEPOSIT ALSO LOCATED IN THE E 1/2, SEC 20, T12S, RECORD 050/ THE BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINED THE PROPERTY IN 194 REC 700 MENTIONS A WATER WELL ON PROPERTY. RECORD 080/ DEPOSIT IS DESCRIBED AS MN-ORE PELLETS AND WAD O ING IN CLAY. THE CLAY IS PRESENT OVER MOST OF PROPERTY (480 194 HECTARES) AND IS 10 TO 20 FEET THICK. PELLETS RANGE FROM SIZED TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND, ACCORDING TO PIERCE, OCCU THE SURFACE TO DEPTHS OF 2-4 FEET. WAD WAS OBSERVED IN SOFT AND SEAMS IN THE CLAY. COBALT DEPOSITED BY GROUND WATER AND ED ON LITHIOPHORITE AND HOLLANDITE. NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD ALL MIN ZONE DIMENSIONS. THE THOMPSON PROPERTY OF ALA., GIBSON, PENLAND HILL, BERKS & CALLAHAN DEP. IN GEORGIA, AND THE ARMS MINE IN VA. CONTAIN ESTIMATED AGGREGATE OF 25,000 TONS OF MN OXIDES WITH 0.2% - OR ABOUT 140,000 LBS OF COBALT (REC 702) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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