| Deposit ID | 10232770 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028999 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0011110004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Worthy - Walker Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Walker Prospect |
| Related records | 10079455 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.63355, 33.21766 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 244 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Randolph(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mellow Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Randolph |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 021 S | 010 E | 06 | SWNENW | Alabama |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Ankerite | Unknown |
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Linnaeite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Picotite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Siderite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Topaz | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | Wedowee Group; Wedowee Group undifferentiated |
|---|
| Strike | N35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cragford |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hilt Walker |
| Home office | Alabama |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0011110004 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028999 | MAS references MRDS |
ADAMS,G I,1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALA.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA.
NEATHERY,T L,1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DI
CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALA.,GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA., CIRCU
PROUTY,W F,1923, GEOL. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY CO: GEO
SURVEY OF ALABAMA, COUNTY REPT. 1
SPAINE,S I, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA., CIRCULAR 55
WEDOW,H.JR,ET AL,1968, ZINC AND LEAD, IN USGS AND US BU. MIN
ERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACIAN REGION: USGS PROF. PAPER 58
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD 010/ORIGINAL ENTRIES LIST COPPER, LEAD, & ZINC AS BYP AND ARSENIC AS MAIN PRODUCT. GRADE OF ARSENIC NOT GIVEN IN ENTRY. PROSPECT WAS CONSIDERED TOO SMALL FOR DEVELOPMENT BASED ON D -D MATRIX & GEOLOGIC INFERENCE ON VIEWING THE DEPOSIT BY ALA RECORD 040/ON ORIGINAL ENTRY, THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORD DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER- 4 KILOMETERS , DI TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- 1 KILOMETERS , DISTANCE TO POWER 2 KILOMETERS. RECORDS 151 AND 160/ DATA CONCERNS LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER. RECORD 151/ ORIGINAL DATA SPECIFIES HAND SORTING, SIZING, WA AND GRAVITY AS POSSIBLE BENEFICIATION METHODS. REC 010 COL 56-58. IRON CARBONATE (SIDERITE). REC 060 COL 37-39. THE WEDOWEE FM. ENCOMPASSES CAMBRIAN TO C ERROUS AGE ROCKS. FILE UPDATED MARCH 1977 AT EFOC BY RONALD R POTTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Alabama Geological Survey | Alabama Geological Survey |
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