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Hatchet Creek Prospect Main Deposit

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sulfur, Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089718
MRDS ID W028557
Record type Site
Current site name Hatchet Creek Prospect Main Deposit
Related records 10184948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.02497, 33.25015 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 18 KM W ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porter Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Comments on the location information

  • ON INTERFLUVIAL CREST NEARLY ADJACENT TO NORTH SIDE OF ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Next To Veinlets

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Hillabee Greenstone
    Rock description Hillabee Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.02497, 33.25015
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 30 E
    Thickness 180M
    Length 4000M
    Width 700M
    Depth to top 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Greenstone Host Crushed During Mineralization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer Ed Smith Bill Whetstone

Mining district

District name Alabama Copper Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; MINOR AMOUNT OF CRYSTALS ON SURFACE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR POTENTIAL

Comments on development

  • CORUNDUM FOUND USUALLY ON SURFACE, OCCURRING AS GRAYISH MASSES AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER AND IN SMALL, ROUGH CRYSTALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O. M., JR., 1971 , GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING IN GOSSANS AND LATERITIC SOILS OF ALABAMA: CANADIAN INST. MINING AND METALL. SPEC. V. 11 , P. 122 - 125 .

  • Deposit

    TULL, J. F., AND STOW, S. H., ED, 1979 , THE HILLABEE METAVOLCANIC COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED ROCK SEQUENCES: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    GREER, R.E., 1965, SUMMARY REPORT ON THE ALAMAG PROJECT, CLAY COUNTY ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL ALAMAG CO

  • Deposit

    1970 GEOCHEM AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY
Deposit CORUNDUM USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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