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Gilley Fluorspar Deposit

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257846
MRDS ID W029032
MAS/MILS ID 0010190001
Record type Site
Current site name Gilley Fluorspar Deposit
Related records 10079475

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.70026, 34.02074 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weisner Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 009 E 16 W2W2 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.70026, 34.02074
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Gilley
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONEILL J F 1950 BUREAU OF MINES R I 4660

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE SHAFT WAS OFFSET AND SUNK 12 FEET OTHER EXPLORATION METHODS CONSISTED OF SAMPLING SOIL FROM SI CHANNEL CUTS TAKEN ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE MINERALIZED FRACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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