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John Turner Placer

Occurrence in Randolph 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081365
MRDS ID W033379
Record type Site
Current site name John Turner Placer
Related records 10184758

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.63745, 33.25015 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.8 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

  • E 1/2 NE 1/4 SECTION 31, AND E 1/2 SE 1/4 SECTION 30, T20S, R10E - ON BRANCHES OF CROOKED CREEK

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee Group
    Rock description Wedowee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC UNITS BASED ON REPORTED SITE LOCATIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL ON BRANCHES OF CROOKED CREEK; GOLD-BEARING VEIN EXPOSED BY SHALLOW DIGGINGS ON CREST OF ONE RIDGE

Reporter information

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

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