Boyd Pit

Past Producer in Chilton county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079898
MRDS ID W030656
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Pit
Related records 10136188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.44165, 32.7335 (WGS84)
Elevation 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Chilton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016E Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 10 T20N R 6E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result 48.7 % FE, 15.9 % INSOL, 0.3 % MN, 0.47 % P.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Higgins Ferry
    Rock description Higgins Ferry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.44165, 32.7335

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG SE
    Length 360M
    Width 90M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mountain Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 192.02M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THIS AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUREAU OF MINES FOUND ADDITIONAL LOW GRADE ORE WEST OF BOYD PIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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