Milltown Pluton

Past Producer in Chambers county in Alabama, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10079964
MRDS ID W030749
Record type Site
Current site name Milltown Pluton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.47523, 33.02516 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 2.0 MI S MILLTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chambers(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milltown(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 Chambers

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 024N 026E 31 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY 70 M E ALA HY 77

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Plagioclase Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 73% SIO2
Result 13% AL2O3
Result 4.7% K2O
Result 2.9% NA2O
Result 1.1% CAO
Result 0.01% MGO
Result 0.7% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Milltown Pluton
    Rock description Milltown Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.47523, 33.02516

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 3400M
    Width 1600M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 64.01M
    Overall width 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY ON LARGE GRANITE EXPOSURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROFFITT, J.R. III, 1975, THE PETROGRAPHY AND PETROGENESIS OF THE MILLTOWN PLUTON-CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA; MASTER OF SCI. THESIS. MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY 69 P.

  • Deposit

    BENTLEY, R.D., AND NEATHERY, T.L., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE BREVARD FAULT ZONE AND RELATED ROCKS OF THE INNER PIEDMONT OF ALABAMA: UNIVERSITY, ALA., ALABAMA GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 8TH ANN. FIELD TRIP., P. 1-80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE OUTCROP EXPOSED
Deposit REPORTED FLUORITE OCCURRENCE - FOUND SMALL FRAGMENT FLUORITE WITH FELDSPAR IN QUARRY. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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