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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067536
MRDS ID W000319
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10282266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.61662, 33.96681 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.61662, 33.96681
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SAMPLE OF SURFACE CONCENTRATION OF MANGANESE OXIDE PELLETS OVERLYING FLOYD SHALE (?) SHOWED 0.14% CO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goshen Valley Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSIGNIFICANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-J, P. 265-285

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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