| Deposit ID | 10079762 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030488 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Diamond Mine |
| Related records | 10136205 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.21164, 33.02766 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 235 |
| Relative position | 1.75 KM NNW OF HANOVER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coosa(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hollins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)
Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)
Alabama(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Coosa |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Graphite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Roscoelite | Ore |
| Result | 51.48 LB/TON GRAPHITE, 0.14% VANADIUM |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Rock unit name | Wedowee Group Graphitic Units |
| Rock description | Wedowee Group Graphitic Units |
| (1) | -86.21164, 33.02766 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Coosa Block |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 DEG E |
| Dip | 65 DEG SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1919 |
| District name | Coosa-Chilton |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ben J. Russell |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 32M |
| Overall width | 17M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030488 |
BROWN, J.S., 1925, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS OF ASHLAND, ALABAMA: ECON. GEOL. V 20, NO 3, 208-248 P
1923 RECON ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
PALLISTER, H.D., AND THOENEN, J.R., 1948, FLAKE-GRAPHITE AND VANADIUM INVESTIGATION IN CLAY, COOSA, AND CHILTON COUNTIES, ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 4366, 84 P.
1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | U.S. BUR OF MINES TRENCHES EXPOSED GRAPHITIC SCHIST OVER A WIDTH OF 33 M AND 450M LONG. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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