Thompson Property

Prospect in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185050
MAS/MILS ID 0010190035
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.61745, 33.98204 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 010 E 19 NE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Hollandite Unknown
Lithiophorite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.61745, 33.98204

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Area 194HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 194
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goshen Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thompson, O.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL FILES, WAR.MIN.REPTS., CHEROKEE CO., ALA., THOM

  • Deposit

    1949

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., USGS. BULL. 940-J, 1943, P. 268 & 272.

General comments

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)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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