B. T. Childers Prospect

Occurrence in Chilton county in Alabama, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257990
MRDS ID W100021
MAS/MILS ID 0010210001
Record type Site
Current site name B. T. Childers Prospect
Related records 10083298

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.75719, 32.88186 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jemison West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chilton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 022 N 013 E 15 NWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.75719, 32.88186

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 820423

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hershel Scott
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I. GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA. B

  • Deposit

    1930, PP.16-17, 51, 54.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T. AND C.F. PARK, JR. GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHE

  • Deposit

    PIEDMONT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF.PAPER 213, 1948, P.144.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I. BASE- AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS O

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA. CIRC. 55, 1969, PP. 14-15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED-1974 BY ALA. SURVEY CONTRACT NO. GO-133078 IN R FORMAT RECORD 040/ON ORIGINAL ENTRY, THEFOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORDE DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER- 02 KILOMETERS, DIS TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- 02 KM, DISTANCE TO POWER SUPPLY- 0 YEAR ENTERED-1977 FOR MAS CU STUDY BY A. BROCOUM REC 010, FIELD 18-20/A TRACE OF CU IS PRESENT REC 010, FIELD 22-24/A LITTLE AS IS PRESENT REC 010, FIELD 26-28/AU VALUES ARE TOO LOW TO WARRANT MINING REC 020/FROM ALA. SURVEY CONTRACTNO. GO-133078, 1974 REC 070, FIELDS 23-28, 34-39, 45-50, 56-61, AND 67-72, FROM SURVEY CONTRACT NO. GO-133078, 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-1995 Brocoum, A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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