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Chambers County Gibbsite Prospect

Occurrence in Chambers county in Alabama, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089739
MRDS ID W029022
Record type Site
Current site name Chambers County Gibbsite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.25827, 32.95849 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chambers(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Opelika(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chambers

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Dadeville Belt
    Rock description Dadeville Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.25827, 32.95849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Drainage

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1977
Discoverer O.M. Clarke Jr

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1972, GIBBSITE IN WEATHERED GRANITIC ROCKS OF ALABAMA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 14, NO 4, P 203-212.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1977, INVESTIGATION OF SAPROLITE, A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ALUMINA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON AG

Reporter information

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

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