Mine detail: Unnamed Occurrence

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Coosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.93905, -86.31387
dep_id: 10081303
mrds_id: W033312
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Graphite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Biotite, Graphite, Muscovite, Quartz, Roscoelite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Ore Is Probably Enriched By Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones
Reporter: Beg, Mirza A.
hrock_unit: Higgins Ferry Group
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Shear Zone Trending Ne, Oxidized
tectonic: Piedmont
disc_yr: 1974
discr: Alabama Geological Survey
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: COOK, R.B., HICKS, B.K., AND BEG, M.A., 1982, RECONNAISSANCE URANIUM EXPLORATION IN COOSA AND CLAY COUNTIES, ALABA-MA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 107, 44P.
  • Deposit:: BEG, M.A., 1980, ASSESSMENT OF URANIUM RESOURCES IN THREE SELECT RADIO-METRIC ANOMALIES IN THE NORTHERN ALABAMA PI-EDMONT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41P.
  • Deposit:: COOK, R.B., HICKS, B.K., AND BEG, M.A., 1982 RECONNAISSANCE URANIUM EXPLORATION IN COOSA AND CLAY CONTIES ALABAMA, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRC. 107, 44P.
  • Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., BENTLEY, R.D., HIGGINS, M.W., AND ZIETZ, ISIDORE, 1976, PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION OF AEROMAGNETIC- AND AERORADIOACTIVITY MAPS OF THE ALABAMA PIEDMONT: GEOLOGY V-.4, NO.6, P.375-381.
  • Deposit:: NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY ALABAMA:, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152, 19P.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.