| Deposit ID | 60001783 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028569 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Coosa Gibbsite Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.18327, 32.85846 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rockford SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montgomery(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| (1) | -86.18327, 32.85846 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | O. M. Clarke, Jr. |
CLARKE, O. M. JR., 1972 , GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY V 14 , NO 4 , P. 203 - 212 .
NEATHERY, T. L., 1977 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152 .
CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1977, INVESTIGATION OF SAPROLITE, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ALUMINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 14 P.
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