Schoolhouse Gap Iron Prospect

Prospect in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111847
MRDS ID W100521
MAS/MILS ID 0010550054
Record type Site
Current site name Schoolhouse Gap Iron Prospect
Related records 10083713

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.20827, 34.02544 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howelton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(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 Etowah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 004 E 03 NWNWNE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.20827, 34.02544

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALA., ALA. GEO. SUR.

  • Deposit

    MAP 86, 1969, COLUMN 4 ON BACK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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