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Old Lead Mine

Past Producer in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, General
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079321
MRDS ID W028545
Record type Site
Current site name Old Lead Mine
Related records 10208675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.84024, 33.82097 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 0.5 MI W OF CEDAR SPRINGS SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksonville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014S 008E 07 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • SW1/4 SW1/4 SEC 07

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Recrystallized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Longview Limestone;Newala Limestone
    Rock description Longview Limestone;Newala Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Fault Blocks And Large Scale Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Angel District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.009HA
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS FILLED WITH WATER AND DEBRIS A SHORT DRIFT IS SAID TO EXTEND FROM ONE EDGE OF THE PIT

Comments on development

  • GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES FOUND LARGE LEAD AND ZINC ANOMILIES IN AREA. PRIVATE EXPLORATION IS REPORTED TO HAVE CUT A 2 FOOT THICK MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T. L., CLARKE, O. M. JR., SMITH, E. W., SZABO, M. W., AND WHITE, D. H. JR., 1972 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 81 P. 23 .

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, T. H. AND LYNCH, R. E., 1973 , BARITE IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 85 P. 40 .

  • Deposit

    EHINGER, R.F., 1964, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE ANGEL DISTRICT, ANGEL, ALABAMA: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL PRIVATE

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOCHEM UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POTENTIAL SIZE UNKNOWN
Deposit LONGVIEW-NEWALA UNDIFFERENTIATED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Cofield, Steven E. U.S. Geological Survey

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