Johnson Prospect

Occurrence in Tallapoosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
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 10081384
MRDS ID W033405
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Prospect
Related records 10209127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.67774, 32.9821 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGLADE, Within 80 Acres, Within 80 Acres, Within 80 Acres, Within 80 Acres

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buttston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2 SW 1/4 SECTION 17, T23N, R24E-LODE IS LOCATED AT THE FORK OF THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER AND SWEETWATER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Dadeville Group
    Rock description Dadeville Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 2413.95M

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 Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1840
Year of last production 1845

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND ADITS DUG

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS AND ADITS WERE DUG FROM 1840 TO 1845 ; ECON.COM: ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED AT $3.43 PER TON IN GOLD (1896)

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, 91P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156P.

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, T.A., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1980, ALABAMA GOLD: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 104, 169P.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 GEOL. -SURVEY BULL. 5, 105 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A QUARTZ BODY WITH A NE STRIKE; QUARTZ IS GRAINY AND STAINED WITH IRON OXIDE; ORE CROPS OUT FOR 1.5 MILES SW OF WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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