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Industrial Filler Co. Mine

Past Producer in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079878
MRDS ID W030630
Record type Site
Current site name Industrial Filler Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.69163, 33.92514 (WGS84)
Elevation 210

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piedmont NW(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 Calhoun

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 4 T13S-R9E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Chepultepec Dolomite
    Rock description Chepultepec Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.69163, 33.92514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Of Cherty Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC ASH IN MARINE SEDIMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrial Filler Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARMAN, J.C., AND CAUSAY, L.V., 1962, GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COUNTY REPT 7, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    NEATHERY, T.L. AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 81, 49 P.

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON AG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLOR WHITE - LIGHTER THAN TRIPOLI IN FORT PAYNE CHERT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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