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Campbell Gap Manganese Prospect

Occurrence in Etowah 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079890
MRDS ID W030646
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell Gap Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.9569, 34.16541 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1 KM NW OF KENNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keener(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE NE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC 13, T 10 S, R 6 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.9569, 34.16541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 36 E
    Dip 10 SE
    Thickness 15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOTTOM OF MANGANESE 4 M ABOVE BASE OF FT PAYNE CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MANGANESE IS EXPOSED IN CHERT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, C W, 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, WALNUT GROVE, ALABAMA: VIRGINIA UNIV MASTERS THESIS, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W G, 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS, OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: US GEOL SURVEY BULL 940 J P 265-285.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1980, MANGANESE RESOURCES IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON AG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOWER SE SLOPE OF BIG RIDGE GOOD PROSPECT AREA ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit EXTENT OF MANGANESE UNKNOWN: PROBABLY EXTENDS NE AND SW ALONG STRIKE.

Reporter information

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

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