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Turkey Heaven Kyanite Prospect

Occurrence in Cleburne county in Alabama, United States with commodity Kyanite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089748
MRDS ID W030750
Record type Site
Current site name Turkey Heaven Kyanite Prospect
Related records 10184540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.47689, 33.53209 (WGS84)
Elevation 506

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleburne(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hightower(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cleburne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017S 011E 22 SE OF NW Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT PITS ON TIMBER TRAIL 160 METERS W OF COUNTY ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Wedowee
    Rock description Wedowee
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.47689, 33.53209
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA CONTAINS SEVERAL SMALL PEGMATITES CONTAINING KYANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Heaven

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 PROSPECT PITS N OF TIMBER TRAIL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE POTENTED. VERY SMALL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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