Watt Manganese Opening

Prospect in Clay county in Alabama, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079922
MRDS ID W030687
Record type Site
Current site name Watt Manganese Opening
Related records 10257609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.9733, 33.29932 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.9 KM NORTH OF THE ANTIOCH CHURCH ON TIMBER ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clairmont Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(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)

Federal lands

Talladega National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Alabama(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clay

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 12, T20S, R6E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.9733, 33.29932

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 55M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Watt Manganese District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS UNKNOWN. 5 SMALL PITS MARK LOCATION OF MINE. PITS ARE CAVED AND PARTLY FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION NOT KNOWN. PRIMARY MINERALIZATION 55 M MEASURED ACCROSS STRIKE OF BEDS (FOLIATION).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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