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Palmer Deposit

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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079758
MRDS ID W030483
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Deposit
Related records 10111807

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.51162, 33.96903 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Relative position 2 KM SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANT GAP CHURCH

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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result US BUR OF MINES TOOK NO SAMPLES

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) -85.51162, 33.96903
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Palmer, Mrs. Jeff

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLOUD, P.E. JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCK RUN AND GOSHEN VALLEY AREAS NORTHEAST ALABAMA:

  • 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. BUREAU OF MINE

Reporter information

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

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