Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257938
MAS/MILS ID 0010270012
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.22057, 33.18406 (WGS84)
Elevation 258

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Talladega(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylacauga East(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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 021 S 006 E 19 S2NESE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.22057, 33.18406

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOURCE- CONTRACT GO144133- WORK DONE BY GEOL.SURVEY OF ALABA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANT NO. G0133075 ENTERED 1974/ REVISIONS BY T. Q. LYDAY 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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