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Hatchet Creek Prospect - West Millerville

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sulfur, Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079328
MRDS ID W028558
Record type Site
Current site name Hatchet Creek Prospect - West Millerville
Related records 10160722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.95552, 33.20016 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 2.5 KM WNW MILLERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerville(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 Clay

Comments on the location information

  • ON VALLEY SLOPE OPPOSITE MOUTH OF ROCKY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Next To Veinlets

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Hillabee Greenstone
    Rock description Hillabee Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.95552, 33.20016
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold

Ore body information

  • Length 750M
    Width 420M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE - CALCAREOUS SEDIMENT CONTAINING VOLCANIC ASH, BASALT, POST ORE METAMORPHISM GREENSCHIST FACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer R. E. Greer

Mining district

District name Alabama Copper Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PROBABILITY IS VERY SMALL OF FINDING CORUNDUM IN QUANTITY IN THIS REGION

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • CORUNDUM OCCURS IN GRAYISH MASSES AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER AND IN SMALL ROUGH CRYSTALS; FOUND ON SURFACE AT BELTS BRIDGE, LOCKS BRIDGE TO LIBERTY HILL, MOSTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH YADKIN RIVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1971, GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING IN LATERITIC SOILS OF ALABAMA: CANADIAN INST. MINING, MET. SPEC. V. 11, P. 122-125.

  • Deposit

    TULL, J. F., STOW, S. H., ED, 1979 , THE HILLABEE METAVOLCANIC COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED ROCK SEQUENCES: ALA. GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK 64 P.

  • Deposit

    GREER, R.E., 1965, SUMMARY REPORT ON THE ALAMAG PROJECT, CLAY COUNTY ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOCHEM ALAMAG C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY; CRYSTALS FOUND ON SURFACE
Deposit CORUNDUM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MINERALIZED AREA OUTLINED BY GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING - DEPTH NOT KNOWN
Deposit TOP OF GREENSTONE CUT BY FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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