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Bynum Mine

Past Producer in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079754
MRDS ID W030479
Record type Site
Current site name Bynum Mine
Related records 10136465, 10257771

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.31248, 34.06681 (WGS84)
Elevation 260
Relative position 1 KM NORTHWEST OF WALNUT GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Altoona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11S 003E 15 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Fort Payne Chert
    Rock description Fort Payne Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.31248, 34.06681
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip 10 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1876

Mining district

District name Walnut Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Cright, H. M.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bynum, J. B.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on development

  • MANGANESE OXIDES EXPOSED IN NUMEROUS CHERT PITS - VERY LITTLE DATA ON THICKNESS AND GRADE AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L., CLARKE, O.M. JR., SMITH, W.E., SZARO, M.W., 1969 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL MAP 86.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, C.W., 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1969 COMPILE AGS

  • Deposit

    1981 RECON AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE MINERALS OCCUR IN TWO SEAMS IN CHERT RESIDUUM
Deposit FORT PAYNE OUTCROP ON RED MOUNTAIN-FAVORABLE ZONE FOR PROSPECTING IN NW ETOWAH COUNTY, OUTCROP LENGTH EXCEEDS 15 KM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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