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Mulberry Creek Placer

Past Producer in Chilton county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079479
MRDS ID W029039
Record type Site
Current site name Mulberry Creek Placer
Related records 10111840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.78999, 32.89072 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Relative position 13 MILES WEST OF CLANTON ON A BRANCH OF MULBERRY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jemison West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chilton

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 17 (T22N--R13E.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Hillabee Greenstone;Tuscaloosa Group
    Rock description Hillabee Greenstone;Tuscaloosa Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.78999, 32.89072
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IN GRAVEL OVER HILLABEE GREENSTONE. CREEK CUT THROUGH SAND AND GRAVEL OF TUSCALOOSA GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE FROM 2 MILES BELOW THE MILL TO 8 MILES UP STREAM FROM THE MILL INCLUDING SEVERAL SMALL TRIBUTARIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97 P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 55, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGIC SURVEY CIRCULAR NO 55, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    1892 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1930 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1969 COMPILE AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER IS LOCATED ALONG THE UPPER HONEYCUTT CREEK (A TRIBUTARY OF THE MULLBERRY CREEK) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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