Lashley Prospect

Past Producer in Randolph county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Arsenic
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 10079458
MRDS ID W029004
Record type Site
Current site name Lashley Prospect
Related records 10111641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.64857, 33.26904 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 2 KM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER CEMETERY

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

Comments on the location information

  • FLOOD PLAINS DYNNE CREEK
  • NW/NW SECTION 30 (T20S-R10E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.64857, 33.26904

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cragford

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 16M

Comments on the workings information

  • BREWER (1896) REPORTS PITS DUG TO RED CLAY HORIZON AND BED ROCK NOT REACHED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMITH (1875) REPORTS AREA EXTENSIVELY MINED PRIOR TO 1874 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.