Perry Wise-Sanders Prospect

Occurrence in Tallapoosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10079485
MRDS ID W029046
Record type Site
Current site name Perry Wise-Sanders Prospect
Related records 10185177, 10281591

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.7569, 32.88627 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position .5 KM WEST OF OAK RIDGE CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksons Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(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 Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 16 & 21 (T22N--R23E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Pyroxenite, Serpentinite, And Amphibolite
    Rock description Pyroxenite, Serpentinite, And Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.7569, 32.88627

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 800M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Location Of Mafic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dadeville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS; EXPLORATION ONLY.

Comments on development

  • BUR. OF MINES REPORT CONTAINS DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF TRENCH SECTION; ALSO SAMPLE ANALYSIS. IN 1953, THE RED HAWK MINING COMPANY MADE AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP AN ANTHOPHYLLITE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1968, TALC AND ANTHOPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN TALLAPOOSA AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 90, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERLY, T.L., 1967, TALC AND ASBESTOS AT DADEVILLE ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 7045, 57 P.

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL BUR. OF MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RED HAWK MINING COMPANY TRENCHES UNCOVERED CONSIDERABLE TALC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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