Mcghee Prospect

Occurrence in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185020
MAS/MILS ID 0010270013
Record type Site
Current site name Mcghee Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -86.01277, 33.22096 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bulls Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(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 Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 021 S 006 E 03 NWSWSW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -86.01277, 33.22096

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 55E
    Thickness 1M
    Depth to top 4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:55E
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPAINE, SUZANNE. BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED DEPOS

  • Deposit

    ALABAMA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA CIRCULAR 55, 1969, PP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANT NO. GO133075 ENTERED 1974/ REVISIONS BY T. Q. LYDAY 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references