| Deposit ID | 10079900 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030658 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Anniston Pits |
| Geographic coordinates: | -85.80968, 33.67236 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 253 |
| Relative position | EAST EDGE OF ANNISTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Calhoun(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Anniston(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Calhoun |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Weisner Quartzite | ||||
| Rock description | Weisner Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Chilhowee Group undifferentiated |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR POCKET |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Woodstock Iron Co |
| District name | Anniston |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030658 |
NEATHERY, T L, AND OTHERS, 1972, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY CIR 81, P 30-32.
WARMAN, J C, AND CAUSEY, L V, 1962, GEOLOGY AND GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL SURVEY COUNTY REPT 7, 77 P.
MCCALLEY, HENRY, 1897, THE COOSA VALLEY REGION, PART 2 OF VALLEY REGIONS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA SPECIAL REPORT 9, P. 681-683.
1896 RECON AGS
1981 RECON AGS
MCCALLEY (1897)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MCCALLEY (1897) REPORTED RESERVES NEARLY EXHAUSTED. ORE USED TO MAKE SPIEGELEISEN AND FERROMANGANESE IN 1875 IN WOODSTOCH FURNACE NO 1 AT ANNISTON. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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