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Evans Barite Mine

Past Producer in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079483
MRDS ID W029043
Record type Site
Current site name Evans Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Bertha Mineral Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.82163, 33.8682 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 7 KM NW JACKSONVILLE

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.82163, 33.8682
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER RIDGE THRUST OVER NEWALA AND LONGVIEW. BARITE VEINS IN NEWALA AND LONGVIEW. COPPER RIDGE BARREN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Angel

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jere L Evans

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STOPPED BECAUSE OF MUD CONTAMINATION IN CREEK.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT REPORTED TO BE 25 M DEEP. PIT FULL OF WATER: BARITE AND DOLOMITE EXPOSED SOUTHEAST OF POND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I. AND JONES, W.B. 1940. BARITE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 45 P 35.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L. AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 81, 49 P

  • Deposit

    WARMAN, J.C., AND CANSEY, L.V., 1962, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COUNTY REPT 7, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, T.H. AND LYNCH, R.E. JR., 1973, BARITE IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 85, P. 35-37.

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON ALA. GEOL. SURVE

  • Production

    HUGHES AND LYNCH, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE ALSO OCCURS IN RESIDUUM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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