| Deposit ID | 10079468 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Opelika Gibbsite Prospect |
| Related records | 10160418 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.36662, 32.67517 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 250 |
| Relative position | 5 KM N OPELIKA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lee(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Opelika East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding(hydrologic unit)
Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)
Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Lee |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gibbsite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Opelika Belt | ||||||
| Rock description | Opelika Belt | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -85.36662, 32.67517 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1977 |
| Discoverer | O.M. Clarke Jr |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029023 |
CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 14, NO 4. P 203-212
1977 RECON AGS
CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1977, INVESTIGATION OF SAPROLITE, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ALUMINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE 14 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MATERIAL CAN BE BENEFICIATED FOR USE IN BAYER-SINTER ALUMINA PLANT. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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