Gorman Prospects

Past Producer in Cherokee county in Alabama, United States with commodities Cobalt, Iron, Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257844
MAS/MILS ID 0010190031
Record type Site
Current site name Gorman Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.43385, 34.02124 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 011 E 01 N2SW Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.43385, 34.02124

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALA., GE

  • Deposit

    AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. BULL. 940-J, PAGE 279

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.