Striplin, Higgingbottom Prospects

Occurrence in Cleburne 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079325
MRDS ID W028551
Record type Site
Current site name Striplin, Higgingbottom Prospects
Related records 10281630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.68329, 33.53348 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position 15 KM SW HEFLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollis Crossroads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(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 Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 009E 22 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • INDEFINITE - REPORTED IN SEC 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ SAMPLE - $3.31 PER TON 1896

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.68329, 33.53348

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DATA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chulafinnee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRIEF REPORT BY BREWER, 1896. ONLY DATA AVAILABLE - HIGGINBOTTOM PROSPECT NE OF STRIPLIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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