Bradford Fraction Prospect

Occurrence in Randolph county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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. 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 10081358
MRDS ID W033371
Record type Site
Current site name Bradford Fraction Prospect
Related records 10136404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.64802, 33.25154 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES EAST OF CRAGFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Randolph(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lineville East(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 Randolph

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SECTION 30, T20S, R10E - AN AREA OF 30 ACRES, CONTAINING A RIDGE THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO BRADFORD RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.64802, 33.25154

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 0 OR SLIGHTLY SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED 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 the workings information

  • ONE OPENING MADE ON ORE BODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS ARSENOPYRITE AND LARGE FLAKES OF GOLD IN A FELDSPATHIC QUARTZITE ON THE SIDE OF THE RIDGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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