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Rippatoe Placer

Past Producer in Chilton county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106131
MRDS ID W029038
Record type Site
Current site name Rippatoe Placer
Related records 10111694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.48054, 32.79628 (WGS84)
Elevation 119

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chilton

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 17 (T21N-R16E)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Higgins Ferry
    Rock description Higgins Ferry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.48054, 32.79628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Length 1600M
    Width 180M
    Depth to top 2.4M
    Depth to bottom 2.7M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD SOURCE - NUMEROUS SMALL QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS IN AMPHIBOLITE AND MICA SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1835

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1600M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON BLUE CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.B., 1892, THE LOWER GOLD BELT OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, 97 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, S.I., 1969, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 55, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    1892 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1930 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE AGS

Reporter information

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

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