Pelham Range Lead Prospect

Occurrence in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079320
MRDS ID W028543
Record type Site
Current site name Pelham Range Lead Prospect
Related records 10160030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.98608, 33.71958 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 2 MI W OF MORRISVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eulaton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S 006E 15 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • SE SE SEC. 15 ON MILITARY RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.98608, 33.71958

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MCCALLEY REPORT PROSPECT IN PELHAM LIMESTONE-WARMAN AND CAUSEY SHOW AREA IN KNOX GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: INACCESSABLE MILITARY RESERVATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCALLEY, HENRY, 1897 , THE COOSA VALLEY REGION: PT. 2 OF THE VALLEY REGIONS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. REPT. 9 , P. 726 .

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T. L., CLARKE, O. M. JR., SMITH, E. W., SZABO, M. W., AND WHITE, D. H. JR., 1972 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA; ALA GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 81 P. 23 .

  • Deposit

    WARMAN, J. C. AND CAUSEY, L. V., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALA. GEOL. SURV. COUNTY REPT. 7 , 77 P.

  • Deposit

    1897 COMPILE AGS

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE TRAINING POST US ARMY PELHAM RANGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Cofield, Steven E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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