| Deposit ID | 10081368 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033383 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Story Mine |
| Related records | 10136262 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.0333, 33.37515 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 213 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | AT WALDO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Talladega(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Talladega(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Talladega National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Talladega |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Sulfides | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Talladega Group | ||||
| Rock description | Talladega Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -86.0333, 33.37515 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033383 |
SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 55, 94 P.
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, 105 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS A WHITE QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING SULFIDES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-84 | Rheams, Karen F. | Alabama Geological Survey |
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