Little Samson Lode

Past Producer in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089719
MRDS ID W028564
Record type Site
Current site name Little Samson Lode
Related records 10135843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.89996, 33.31682 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 KM NW ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Comments on the location information

  • ON INTER FLUVIAL CREST ADJACENT TO ROAD WEST OF ROAD JUNCTURE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Poe Bridge Mtn Group Ashland Supergroup
    Rock description Poe Bridge Mtn Group Ashland Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.89996, 33.31682

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Idaho

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; MINOR AMOUNT OF CRYSTALS ON SURFACE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR POTENTIAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 15M

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

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references