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Teakle Mine

Occurrence in Randolph county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Zinc
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067492
MRDS ID W000269
Record type Site
Current site name Teakle Mine
Alternate or previous names Orum Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.62689, 33.25848 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 3 MILES EAST-NORTH EAST OF CRAGFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Randolph

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
20S 10E 29 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • SE/NW SECTION 29 (T20S-R10E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.62689, 33.25848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N55E
    Dip 50SE
    Plunge 50-60 DEG
    Plunge direction SE
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cragford

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NOT KNOWN IF THERE WAS OR WAS NOT SMALL AMT OF GOLD PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ESTIMATE AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1968, WORKINGS WERE WELL PRESERVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M., 1876, UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN #40.

  • Deposit

    TULL, J.F., STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT NW OF BREVADO ZONE: AM. U. SCI. V 278. P 442-460.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 50, 52 P.

  • Deposit

    1896 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON AGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1971 Cannon, Suzanne S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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