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Greasy Cove

Occurrence in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodities Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067533
MRDS ID W000315
Record type Site
Current site name Greasy Cove

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.21664, 34.00015 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howelton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPECIMEN SHOWED 0.96% CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.21664, 34.00015
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OCCURS IN THIN LENSES AND SMALL IRREGULAR BODIES OF OXIDES IN WEATHERED CHERT AND CLAY OF THE FORT PAYNE CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSIGNIFICANT; LATERAL EXTENT VERY LIMITED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., 1944, U.S.G.S. BULL. 940-J, P. 265-285

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO-NI REPORTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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