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Bluffton Mines

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079965
MRDS ID W030751
Record type Site
Current site name Bluffton Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.45967, 34.0057 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Cherokee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 012S 011E 10;11;16 Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • OLD PITS NEAR COUNTY ROAD ROCK RUN STATION TO BLUFFTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result 49.2% FE
Result 9.1% SIO2
Result 0.56% P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Weisner Quartzite;Shady Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.45967, 34.0057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR - IN POCHETS
    Thickness 30M
    Length 4000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Rock Run

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4000M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF OPEN PIT MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, EDGAR, 1941, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 15, 38 P

  • Deposit

    PORTER, J.B., 1887, THE IRON ORES AND COALS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE: TRANSACTIONS AM. INST MINING ENGINEERS V. 15, P. 170-217.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROWN IRON ORE CONCRETIONS IN THICK DEPOSITS - LOCAL MN CONCENTRATIONS; PARTS OF DEPOSITS HIGH P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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