Franklin Pits - Idaho Mine

Past Producer in Clay 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079330
MRDS ID W028563
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Pits - Idaho Mine
Related records 10208814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.89996, 33.31543 (WGS84)
Elevation 408
Relative position 7 KM NW ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(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

  • RAILROAD LINE ALONG INTERFLUVIAL CREST LINE
  • ON SLOPE 100 M SOUTH OF LITTLE SAMSON PITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN $2 PER TON GOLD IN 1896

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Poe Bridge Mtn Group
    Rock description Poe Bridge Mtn Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.89996, 33.31543

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DEFINITE VEIN STRUCTURE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS - LARGE QUARTZ VEINS BARREN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Idaho Gold District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING
  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES UNKNOWN - EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY FOLLOWED BY DRILLING RECOMMENDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS PARTLY FILLED

Comments on development

  • LOCATION STATED TO BE HUNTER FARM EIGHT MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESVILLE, JUST NORTH OF RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR AMITY CHURCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY
Deposit MICA GNEISS UNIT INCLUDES MICA SCHIST AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER GNEISSES AND SCHISTS, ALSO PEGMATITES AND INJECTIONS OF GRANITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION NOT KNOWN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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