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E.A. Jones Prospect

Occurrence in Cherokee 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. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079757
MRDS ID W030482
Record type Site
Current site name E.A. Jones Prospect
Related records 10135794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.62023, 33.97625 (WGS84)
Elevation 215
Relative position 1.25 KM NORTH NORTH-WEST OF GOSHEN CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 SE 1/4 SEC 19 T12S-R10E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SEE US BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 4976.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group;Conasauga Formation
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group;Conasauga Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.62023, 33.97625
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jones, Mrs. E. A.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANGANESE WAS REPORTED IN TWO SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • USBM DUG 53 HOLES TOTALING 1,775.9 LINEAR FEET. MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND IN 26 HOLES. ALSO TWO 4 FT BY 4 FT SHAFTS SUNK A TOTAL OF 68.17 LINEAR FEET. TWENTY-TWO CHANNEL SAMPLES WERE TAKEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, COBALT-BEARING MAGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUL. 94O-J, 265-285 P.

  • Deposit

    CLOUD, P.E. JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCK RUN AND GOSHEN VALLEY AREAS NORTHEAST ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1199-N, 74 P.

  • Deposit

    WYNDHAM, C.E., 1953, INVESTIGATION OF ALABAMA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4976, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL U.S.BUMINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS WAD AND PELLETS IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY OVERLYING THE DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE
Deposit THE PARKER DEPOSIT IS ADJACENT TO THE JONES DEPOSIT AND IS A CONTINUATION OF THE JONES DEPOSIT. USBM DRILLED 16 AUGER HOLES TOTALING 772.5 LINEAR FEET. MINERALIZATION HAS OCCURED IN 13 HOLES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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