Woodward Prospect

Occurrence in Talladega county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Sulfides
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081369
MRDS ID W033384
Record type Site
Current site name Woodward Prospect
Related records 10257482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.01803, 33.37515 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position AT WALDO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Talladega(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talladega(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(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)

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 Talladega

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 16, T19S, R6E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfides Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Talladega Group
    Rock description Talladega Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Talladega Group; Lay Dam Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Riddles Mill District

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SAMPLE ASSAYED AT $145.83 PER TON IN GOLD AND $1.58 PER TON IN SILVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE, ARSENIC, AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M., 1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A WHITE QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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