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Greasy Cove Prospect

Past Producer in Etowah county in Alabama, United States with commodities Manganese, Cobalt
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079755
MRDS ID W030480
Record type Site
Current site name Greasy Cove Prospect
Related records 10112124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.17747, 34.00125 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 7.5 KM SOUTHWEST OF ATTALLA

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

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SECTION 12, T12S, R4E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.96% COBALT

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) -86.17747, 34.00125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greasy Cove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rogers, Mrs.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS AN 18 FOOT SHAFT NOW CAVED, 2 ADITS AND 1 TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE ON MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE: USGS BULLETIN 940-J, 280 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON W.G. PIERCE

  • Deposit

    1969 COMPILE AGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNER REPORTS ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN MINED ; 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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