Hatchet Creek Prospect Millerville

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sulfur, Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10090169
MRDS ID W028559
Record type Site
Current site name Hatchet Creek Prospect Millerville

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.93329, 33.18627 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 0.5 KM SW MILLERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

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) -85.93329, 33.18627

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 170M
    Width 170M
    Depth to top 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE - CALCAREOUS SEDIMENT CONTAINING VOLCANIC ASH, BASALT, POST ORE METAMORPHISM - GREENSCHIST FACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Re Greer

Mining district

District name Alabama Copper Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TULL, J. F., STOW, S. H., ED 1979 , THE HILLABEE METAVOLCANIC COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED ROCK SEQUENCES: ALABAMA GEOL. 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

    1963 GEOCHEM ALAMAG C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTLINED BY GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING
Deposit TOP OF GREENSTONE CUT BY FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 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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