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Manning Placer

Occurrence in Clay 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081323
MRDS ID W033332
Record type Site
Current site name Manning Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.69163, 33.24182 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimat, Estimat, Estimat

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mellow Valley(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 Clay

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 25 TO 36, T20S, R9E-ON TRIBUTARIES OF CROOKED CREEK; LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE GIVEN FOR CENTER OF AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group;Alluvium
    Rock description Wedowee Group;Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.69163, 33.24182
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNIT BASED ON GIVEN SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cragford District

Comments on development

  • EXTENDED PLACER MINING UP TO 1835 ; ECON.COM: TWO SAMPLES PANNED BY BREWER (1896)=$23.03 PER TON IN GOLD AND $10.42 PER TON IN GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS,G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA AND OCCURRENCES OF COPPER, PYRITE ARSENIC AND TIN: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.40, 91P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL, SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94P.

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M.,1896, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE UPPER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA IN THE COUNTIES OF CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, CLAY, TALLADEGA, ELMORE, COOSA, AND TALLAPOOSA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.5, 105P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE REPORTED FOR GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WHICH SUPPLIED GRAVEL TO THE PLACER DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

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