Description
Alabama Geological Survey
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryGraphite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zones
Materials
GangueBiotite, Graphite, Muscovite, Quartz, Roscoelite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Higgins Ferry Group
StructureShear Zone Trending Ne., Oxidized
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1974
Identification
Deposit ID10081302
MRDS IDW033310
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.00017, -86.29997
References
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.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.COOK, R.B., HICKS, B.K., AND BEG, M.A., 1982 RECONNAISSANCE URANIUM EXPLORATION IN COOSA AND CLAY COUNTIES ALABAMA. ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRC. 107, 44P.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.NEATHERY, T.L., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOSA COUNTY ALABAMA:, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 152, 19P.