H Amason Prospect

Prospect in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Arsenic, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135769
MAS/MILS ID 0010270006
Record type Site
Current site name H Amason Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -85.00494, 33.12516 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Troup(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillcrest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 021 S 009 E 12 S2C Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scolecite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -85.00494, 33.12516

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 26E
    Length 10M
    Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30E:26E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 830302

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cragford

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amason, H.
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER COMBINED METHODS
    Swell Factor .33
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    3rd Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS,G I,1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALA.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY,T L,1968, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE CRAGFORD DI

  • Deposit

    CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, ALA.,GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA., CIRCU

  • Deposit

    PROUTY,W F,1923, GEOL. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CLAY CO: GEO

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF ALABAMA, COUNTY REPT. 1

  • Deposit

    SPAINE,S I, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALA., CIRCULAR 55

  • Deposit

    WEDOW,H,JR,ET AL,1968, ZINC AND LEAD, IN USGS AND US BU. MIN

  • Deposit

    ERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACIAN REGION: USGS PROF. PAPER 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON ORIGINAL ENTRY, THE FOLLOWING DATA WERE RECORD DISTANCE TO LAST POINT OF COMMON CARRIER- 5 KILOMETERS , DI TO ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY- 1 KILOMETERS , DISTANCE TO POWER 2 KILOMETERS. RECORD 151/ ORIGINAL DATA SPECIFIES HAND SORTING, SIZING, WA AND GRAVITY AS POSSIBLE BENEFICIATION METHODS ORIGINAL DATA LISTS LEAD AS A BYPRODUCT ON CARD 01 AND AS A AL PRODUCT IN THE MATRIX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-FEB-1986 Alabama Geological Survey Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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