Nesbitt Lake Manganese Prospect

Occurrence in Calhoun county in Alabama, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079892
MRDS ID W030649
Record type Site
Current site name Nesbitt Lake Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.78079, 33.85764 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position LOCATED 1.3 KM NE OF THE FRIENDSHIP CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacksonville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anniston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(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 Calhoun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

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) -85.78079, 33.85764

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer O M Clarke Jr

Mining district

District name Nesbitt Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

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, 265-285 P.

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.