Teakle Mine

Past Producer in Randolph county in Alabama, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfides
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081364
MRDS ID W033378
Record type Site
Current site name Teakle Mine
Related records 10136117

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.62912, 33.25848 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES S60E OF BERWICK

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

  • SE1/4 NW1/4 SECTION 29, T20S, R10E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfides Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rock Altered To Saprolite

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) -85.62912, 33.25848

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N55E
    Dip 50-60 SE
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED SITE LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Cragford District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. H. Farmer, Lineville, Al.
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on development

  • 1890 TO 1894, A DEEP SHAFT WAS SUNK (ORUM PIT); IN 1935, A 100 FT. SHAFT WAS SUNK AND WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME

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

    NEATHERY, T.L., 1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DISTRICT, CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 50, 52P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 213, 156P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL 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 ORE IS A QUARTZ VEIN IN SAPROLITE; QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE, IRON OXIDE, SPHALERITE, AND SCORODITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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