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Farrow Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Tallapoosa 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 10081376
MRDS ID W033394
Record type Site
Current site name Farrow Hill Prospect
Related records 10305213

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.83885, 32.73628 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ponders(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(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 Tallapoosa

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 10, T20N, R22E-NOW SUBMERGED BY MARTIN LAKE

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 > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Dadeville Group
    Rock description Dadeville Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.83885, 32.73628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BREWER, W.M., 1894, NOTES ON THE ALABAMA GOLD BELT: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 57, P. 57-58.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A SUGARY, SANDY QUARTZ WITH IRREGULAR STRUCTURE

Reporter information

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

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