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Beckham Hollow Tripoli

Past Producer in Lauderdale 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079879
MRDS ID W030633
Record type Site
Current site name Beckham Hollow Tripoli
Alternate or previous names Charles Murphy Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.98031, 34.98484 (WGS84)
Elevation 170
Relative position 1.2 KM ESE OF WILLIAMS CHAPEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lauderdale(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wright(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscumbia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pickwick Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Lauderdale

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 11 T1S--R14W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED IN MANUFACTURING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 98.14% SILICA, 0.21% ALUMINIA, 0.07% IRON OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Fort Payne Chert;Tuscumbia, Limestone
    Rock description Fort Payne Chert;Tuscumbia, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.98031, 34.98484
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sw Edge Nashville Dome

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chert Exposed To Weathering During Early Cretaceous.

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRIPOLI REPLACES FORT PAYNE CHERT AND BASE OF TUSCUMBIA LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Waterloo

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Waterloo Building Products

Comments on development

  • REPORT ON FILE ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPAIN, E.L. JR., 1936, TRIPOLI DEPOSITS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB 700, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1966, CLAY AND SHALE OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-B P 7-9.

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXP C. E. JONES

  • Deposit

    JONES, C.W. AND OTHERS, 1962, REPORT ON THE WATERLOO TRIPOLI DEPOSITS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: PRIVATE REPORT, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT USED TO PRODUCE LIME-SILICA BRICK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 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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